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Kilpatrick Hopes to Save His Law License
November 13th, 2008
Kilpatrick hopes to save his law license. Attorneys for jailed former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick say they want to salvage his law license. As part of the bargain, in which he pleaded guilty to felony obstruction of justice charges, Kilpatrick agreed to disbarment, but noted that he was doing so “under protest.” Now, his attorneys are appealing the decision to the state’s lawyer regulatory board, The Detroit News reported Tuesday. “What happened was totally unprecedented,” Kilpatrick attorney Phillip Thomas told the newspaper. Thomas, a former administrator for the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, added, “There are lawyers out there convicted of manslaughter and very, very serious felonies that this doesn’t happen to.” The state’s Attorney Discipline Board has given Kilpatrick until the end of November to file an argument as to why the disbarment order shouldn’t be finalized, the News said.
HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP HIS LICENSE. HE DID MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT GOD THE MAN DOES NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER, IF YOU TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY HOW WILL HE BE ABLE TO LIVE…I THINK HE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF GIVEN A CHANCE……
He should not have agreed to disbarment. That’s crazy. I agree he should be punished for his disgraceful behavior. Hell, he’s lost everything else. He should be left with something to rehabilitate himself & his family.
Let the man keep his law degree. That was hard earned and he needs to feed his family. Punishment does not mean destruction of a man’s life; albeit self inflicted.