Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician, having served as a Democratic Michigan state representative and mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008.
Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
He was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days.
On May 25, 2010, Kilpatrick was sentenced to eighteen months to five years in state prison for violating his probation, and served time at the Oaks Correctional Facility in northwest Michigan.
On March 11, 2013, he was convicted on 24 federal felony counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering.
On October 10 of that year, Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.