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Legal defense fund will aid Detroit mayor Kilpatrick
by The Associated Press
Thursday March 27, 2008, 6:51 AM
DETROIT (AP) — A group of business and political leaders is forming a legal defense fund to help Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fight felony perjury charges.
Members of the Detroit Justice Fund include Conrad Mallett, former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; S. Martin Taylor, a former DTE executive and a University of Michigan regent; attorney Reginald Turner, a member of the state Board of Education; and Detroit native and television personality Judge Greg Mathis.
The Detroit News says the fund could be announced today.
Turner says he hasn’t started asking people for money and isn’t sure how much has been raised.
It could cost Kilpatrick millions of dollars to defend himself against perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office charges filed Monday by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
Source : www.mlive.com
