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December 2, 2008 7:28:31 PM CST



Detroit Mayor's Job on Line in Hearing Today

Posted Sep 3, 08 1:56 AM CDT in US Crime & Courts Politics 

(Newser) – A state hearing to determine if Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be booted from office is back on the schedule today after the mayor lost an appeal to block it. Kilpatrick’s lawyer had argued that the hearing established Michigan's governor as "judge, jury and executioner," reports the Detroit News. The mayor is accused of manipulating City Council members into a $8.4 million whistle-blower settlement to cover up perjury linked to a torrid affair with an aide.

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick listens to arguments in Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner's courtroom yesterday.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attends a hearing in Detroit's 36th District Court last month.   (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell)
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