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Disgraced Detroit mayor apparently boot camp eligible despite getting significant state prison sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

This new Detroit Free Press article, which is headlined "State: Ex-mayor Kilpatrick qualifies for boot camp," provides an interesting update on a high-profile state sentencing case out of Michigan.  Here is how the piece starts: Two weeks after he was handcuffed in a Wayne County courtroom on live television and hustled off to prison, Kwame Kilpatrick is being proposed for boot camp with the prospect of parole in 90 days. The Michigan Department of Corrections made the proposal in a Tuesday letter to Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner, who sentenced the former Detroit mayor to 1 1/2 to five years in prison for probation violation. Inmates who successfully complete the 90-day boot camp program are placed on parole for a minimum of 18 months, with the first 30 days under intense supervision...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 10, 2010 (boomark / email).