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Kwame Kilpatrick Won't Testify in Defense Case

The ex-Detroit mayor's trial is coming to a close after nearly 70 days.
Detroit Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Ordered to Pay Higher Restitution  - Detroit’s former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will have less disposable income now that a Michigan parole board recently increased the amount he must pay in restitution by more than 200 percent. The board ruled that Kilpatrick, who served as mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008, will now pay $500 a month, rather than the $160 he had been paying previously, because it was discovered that he was paying more than $300 a month for cable television.(Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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Detroit Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Ordered to Pay Higher Restitution  - Detroit’s former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will have less disposable income now that a Michigan parole board recently increased the amount he must pay in restitution by more than 200 percent. The board ruled that Kilpatrick, who served as mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008, will now pay $500 a month, rather than the $160 he had been paying previously, because it was discovered that he was paying more than $300 a month for cable television.(Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
By Dorkys Ramos
February 6, 2013 / 3:46 PM

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify in his own defense Wednesday.
Kilpatrick, his father Bernard, and a friend, Bobby Furgeson, are currently under trial for corruption during his time in office, including bribery, fraud and tax violations. His father and Furgeson also declined to speak.

Kilpatrick was elected in 2001 but resigned in 2008 after lying in a civil case about having sex with an aide. He served 14 months in prison for violating his parole in that case and recently spent another weekend behind bars for violating it again by not reporting all of his financial transactions last fall.

Closing arguments in the corruption case will be presented Monday to cap off the nearly 70-day trial.

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