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Conyers awarded prison delay
DETROIT, (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers can delay the start of her prison term for bribery until Sept. 10, court records show.
Conyers was to start serving her 37-month term July 1, but U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn agreed to her request for more time allegedly to be with a close relative scheduled for surgery and needing her support, The Detroit News reported Wednesday.
Conyers received at least $6,000 in cash bribes in exchange for her deciding vote on a $1.2 billion sewage sludge contract awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. of Texas in 2007.
The wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has been free on bond since entering her guilty plea June 2009.
"I think she should have gone right away," said Ty Robbins, an Auburn accountant who has followed the case. "I think it's just kind of an excuse to stay out of prison a little bit longer. I am sure in September there will be another excuse."
Steve Fishman, Conyers' Detroit lawyer, alleges the time gap between her plea and prison reporting date is not abnormal, the News said.
"For the 100th time, she has been treated the same as anyone else who is on bond, pure and simple," Fishman said.
DETROIT, (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers can delay the start of her prison term for bribery until Sept. 10, court records show.
Conyers was to start serving her 37-month term July 1, but U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn agreed to her request for more time allegedly to be with a close relative scheduled for surgery and needing her support, The Detroit News reported Wednesday.
Conyers received at least $6,000 in cash bribes in exchange for her deciding vote on a $1.2 billion sewage sludge contract awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. of Texas in 2007.
The wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has been free on bond since entering her guilty plea June 2009.
"I think she should have gone right away," said Ty Robbins, an Auburn accountant who has followed the case. "I think it's just kind of an excuse to stay out of prison a little bit longer. I am sure in September there will be another excuse."
Steve Fishman, Conyers' Detroit lawyer, alleges the time gap between her plea and prison reporting date is not abnormal, the News said.
"For the 100th time, she has been treated the same as anyone else who is on bond, pure and simple," Fishman said.
