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Court affirms conviction, long sentence for Detroit ex-mayor

In this May 25, 2010 file photo former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a Detroit courtroom. An appeals court on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 upheld the corruption conviction and 28-year prison sentence of Kilpatrick, who was found guilty of two dozen crimes from tax evasion to bribery. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) An appeals court on Friday August 14 upheld the corruption conviction and 28-year prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who was found guilty of two dozen crimes from tax evasion to bribery. Kilpatrick’s appeal centered on an alleged conflict among his trial attorneys, among other very