The son of a well known political family in Detroit, 31-year-old Kwame Kilpatrick became Detroit's youngest mayor in 2002.
His tenure as governor was as sore beset with trouble as his city's economy, and in 2008, he resigned his office as part of a plea arrangement.
Kilpatrick had been charged with a wealth of misdeeds, which he initially denied, including an extramarital affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
His attempts to blame his woes on racism, inasmuch as he is African American, failed.
Other portions of his plea deal required that he spend four months behind bars, repay the city $1 million, surrender his law license and give up his pension rights from his period as a state representative.
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