Kandia Milton expected to plead guilty today

Title: "Kandia Milton expected to plead guilty today"

Source: Detroit Free Press

URL: http://www.freep.com/article/20091210/NEWS01/91210009/1318/Kilpatricks-deputy-mayor-to-plead-guilty-to-bribery?GID=Y+1h/MsdmT96HzAP98JdQCHffnMS5y4SYLpFoJJSSb0%3D

This story is from the Detroit Free Press. It talks about how former Detroit Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton is expected to plead guilty to a federal bribery conspiracy charge this afternoon. Milton was implicated when former Detroit police officer Jerry Rivers pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Detroit to bribery in connection with a real estate deal. Rivers told a judge he took a $50,000 bribe and split it with Milton and Milton’s younger brother DeDan Milton. Milton’s lawyer  confirmed that he expects the plea to take place this afternoon, and said that his client “violated the law, but it’s a minimal violation.” This story is important because the plea is coming from someone within former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s inner circle. It just shows how much corruption was going on in the city of Detroit.