March 10, 2010
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Former Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers was sentenced to 37 months in prison for her role in the city hall scandal.
Below is a timeline of Conyers' sentencing in federal court by Judge Avern Cohn:
2:59 p.m.
Conyers has ten days to appeal the sentence. She will have to report to prison on July 1.
2:54 p.m.
Monica Conyers has just been sentenced to 37 months in prison. She also received 2 years of supervised probation. Just before sentencing, Conyers screamed "If they have their tapes, I have my tapes too. I taped Rayford, I taped Riddle. You'll be fair to me or I want to withdraw my plea."
She also yelled, "What about my children? They did nothing to cause this. All I did was try to help someone I fired."
Rush Limbaugh
A conservative vegetarian will eat his vegetables and leave you alone. A liberal vegetarian will eat his and then demand that you only eat vegetables, too. And this is one of the big differences between liberals and conservatives across the board
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