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This is a list of lists of American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office. The lists are broken by decades. The lists are broken by decades.
Majority Leader of the State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012, a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation he was sentenced to five years in prison.
The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (1970) [3] allows for a trial of any untried indictment, information, or complaint within 180 days. [4] However, the prisoner needs to enter a request for final disposition to begin the clock. [ 5 ]
This is a list of notable U.S. state officials convicted of only certain federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are list
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent nearly all his nine years as the state's top lawyer under indictment on securities fraud charges filed in 2015.
State Representative John Rogers (D) convicted of wire and mail fraud. (2024) [1] State Representative David Cole (R) convicted of voter fraud and served 60 days in jail. (2023) [2] [3] Fred Plump (D) State Representative pled guilty to criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He repaid $200K and was forced to resign.
The Texas Innocence Project estimates that Texas prisons contain 3,000 to 9,000 innocent people, which is about 2% to 6% of the total prison population. “All it takes is a false accusation and a ...
Texas’ GOP-led House of Representatives was set to hold historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday as the scandal-plagued Republican called on supporters to ...