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Siddiq began selling drugs at around age 14 and was arrested just four days after he turned age 19 for cocaine trafficking. [11] [12] He was convicted of "delivery of a controlled substance" and served six years of a 15-year sentence in the Ruben M. Torres Unit in Hondo, Texas. [13] [4] He was released from prison on October 21, 1997. [14]
In a moment that was later dubbed by The New York Times in 2024 as "the 47 Seconds That Saved Kamala Harris's Political Career", Cooley was asked whether he planned to "double-dip" by taking the pension from his position as district attorney in addition to his $150,000 salary as California attorney general. Cooley answered that he would, saying ...
Houston comic Ali Siddiq began telling jokes about his experience being incarcerated starting with his performance on the Comedy Central television series This Is Not Happening on the second episode of its first season which aired on January 26, 2015. Ever since then it had been his goal to perform to an audience in prison and "to make a bigger ...
In preparation for her successor following the primary election for District Attorney on May 21, 2024, Perlow said she hopes to set up her office for an easy transition.
In the lead-up to the 2020 election, Trump began making baseless warnings of election interference, which grew louder after he lost and culminated in a mob attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 ...
The 2014 California Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of California. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris won re-election to a second term in office. A primary election was held on June 3, 2014.
In 1920, the perennial Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs ran for president of the United States while serving time in a federal prison for delivering a seditious speech. He received nearly ...
The 2022 Georgia Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorney general of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Chris Carr was appointed to the office on November 1, 2016. He won re-election to a second full term. He faced a primary challenge from business owner John Gordon. [15]