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That annoying donkey won’t bother Ken Cockrel anymore
Barring a Fugitive-like run from the law or a Ruby Ridge-style standoff, Mrs. John (Monica) Conyers is going to jail tomorrow. According the Detroit News, the most recent appeal of her unappealable plea deal was denied because:

...a three-judge panel found the appeal did not raise a substantial question of law or fact "so integral to the merits of the conviction that it is more probable than not that reversal or a new trial will occur if the question is decided in the defendant's favor.' "

The probation hearing of the century enters phase two
It only took several daylong hearings over eight months for Judge David Groner to decide that Kwame Kilpatrick violated his probation. Maybe he rushed that decision because Kilpatrick attorney Arnold Reed (described by a client as legal Godzilla) says Groner made a mistake. Despite Reed’s advocacy for his client, according the Free Press, he’s not exactly Kipatrick's biggest fan:

“You can hate this guy’s guts,” Reed said, “but where the law’s concerned, he wasn’t done right.” He said that he acknowledged that Kilpatrick had destroyed his own political career. “He ought to be ashamed of what he did.”

Al-Queda’s dumbest terrorist to go Sammy “The Bull”
For a brief moment last Christmas, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was the single greatest threat to America’s freedom. A man wholly unable to light his own underpants on fire. The failed Metro Airport underpants bomber is looking to cut his losses and take a plea bargain. He has been cooperating with federal prosecutors since his arrest. Per the AP:

Lawyers for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane near Detroit on Christmas said Thursday they've talked to prosecutors about resolving the case with a deal.

The disclosure was made in a court filing that seeks a new deadline to challenge evidence against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The deadline to file motions is Friday.