Thursday, December 20, 2012

Texts a powerful weapon for feds in Kilpatrick trial

Messages may be more reliable than some witnesses

Detroit — For all their success at chipping away at witnesses called to support claims that Kwame Kilpatrick cashed in on a corrupt City Hall, defense attorneys have had a recurring problem: text messages.

With few expecting Kilpatrick or contractor Bobby Ferguson to testify in their ongoing racketeering trial, their intimate conversations have provided jurors with a rare insight into their private actions. Tuesday might have been the worst day so far for the defense.

By Mike Wilkinson and Robert Snell
From The Detroit News:

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