DETROIT, Michigan - September 4, 2008 - Kwame Kilpatrick has resigned from his position as Detroit Mayor. In a letter sent to Gov. Jennifer Granholm early Thursday afternoon, the mayor said his resignation would be effective Sept. 18, 2008.

This comes hours after Kilpatrick accepted a plea deal in a perjury case and assault charges that forced an end to his tenure as the city's mayor and will send him to jail.

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner resided over the court case in which Kilpatrick agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury.

Part of the plea agreement includes immediate resignation within 14 days; pay restitution of $1 million; and four months in jail. He is also barred from running for public office for five years.

He will also have to hand over his law license and turn over his state pension to the city of Detroit.

Judge Groner read aloud all of the charges against Kilpatrick and told him all but two would be dismissed.

He also asked Kilpatrick several questions regarding his guilty plea, and whether he was doing it on his own willingness and whether he was satisfied with what was taking place.

Kilpatrick answered each question and stated that he knew exactly what was taking place and was agreeing to plead guilty.

"I lied under oath in the case of Gary Brown in a civil deposition regarding information of claims I mislead and impeded justice. I also lied under oath at a civil deposition on Oct. 11, 2004 in the Harold Nelthrope lawsuit," Kilpatrick told the judge.

Kilpatrick, 38 years old and in his second four-year term as mayor, was charged with 10 felonies in two cases.