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For convenience, all Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes should be included in this category. This includes all Pennsylvania politicians that can also be found in the subcategories. This includes all Pennsylvania politicians that can also be found in the subcategories.
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 listed). Officials convicted of state crimes are not listed. For a more complete list see: List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes.
The list is organized by office. The criminal statute(s) under which the conviction(s) were obtained are noted, as are the names of notable investigations, scandals, or litigation, if applicable. The year of conviction is included (if the official was convicted multiple times due to retrials, only the year of the first conviction is included).
This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
In 1834, Pennsylvania became the first state in the union to eradicate public hangings. For the following decades, each county throughout the state was in charge of carrying out private hangings within their jails. [3] 1915 saw the first use of the electric chair, two years after it was approved by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1913.
Sills' conviction was upheld on appeal. [64] However, he was released in 1983 after serving 13 years. [49] Harold Eugene Hill 1970 1,000 years United States: Sentenced in June 1970 in Dallas for rape. The Assistant District Attorney had asked for a sentence of 5,000 years. [65] Ronald Lewis Jones, an accomplice to the crime, was given a life ...
To seal the records of a conviction, a defendant must first complete all terms of the sentence imposed in the case sought to be sealed, including the payment of all fines, but exclusive of court costs and restitution obligations, and the completion of all terms of incarceration, probation, and other sanctions imposed as part of the sentence in ...
Felony disenfranchisement is one among the collateral consequences of criminal conviction and the loss of rights due to conviction for criminal offense. [2] In 2016, 6.1 million individuals were disenfranchised on account of a conviction, 2.47% of voting-age citizens.