Kwame Kilpatrick will be billed for his prison stay at $60 a day.
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By AFRO Staff
(October 28, 2008) - Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Tuesday to four months in jail for lying about an affair with his chief of staff.
Kilpatrick will begin paying the penalty he agreed to last month when he pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing justice. He will also serve a concurrent sentence for assaulting a sheriff’s detective. Kilpatrick’s text messages showed he lied under oath about his intimate relationship with then-aide Christine Beatty.
According to the Detroit Free Press, the judge also ordered the mayor to sign an order agreeing to have his law license revoked.
Wayne County (Mich.) Sheriff Warren Evans said Kilpatrick will be treated like any other prisoner, with one exception -- he’ll be segregated from the general population for his safety. He will be billed for his stay at $60 a day, according to AP.