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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.
Michael Capps (R) State Representative accused of fraud and misuse of $450,000 in COVID relief funds. He was found guilty and sentenced to 27 months. (2022) [63] Convicted on 12 counts, Capps appealed the sentence to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. On August 13, 2024, the appellate division found against Capps, who had ...
Dylann Roof was convicted of killing nine people in 2015 in a mass shooting at Mother Emanuel, a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2017, Roof became the first person in the U ...
Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th District was accused by several women of sexually aggressive behavior, and of insider trading, appearing in a nude video, appearing in women's lingerie and trying to bring a loaded gun onto an airplane, accusations of orgies and conduct “not becoming of a congressman.” He ...
Riley’s murder became a rallying cry for Republicans, an avoidable tragedy that they say encompasses the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S-Mexico border amid a record surge of ...
In the case of Ruffins, the second killing in which Lee is accused, the victim was shot dead in the 15600 block of Atlantic Avenue, in an unincorporated area near Compton, around 5 p.m. on Jan ...
Drain was convicted of the murder of her cellmate, Christopher Richardson. Prosecutors say that Drain hit him on the head with a fan motor, stabbed him with a pencil and strangled him to death. 4 years, 7 months and 3 days Drain had previously been convicted of the murder of Randy L. Grose and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
The report argues that enforcing laws against the murder of women is a low priority of state governments, due to patriarchal beliefs, and assumptions about the role of women in society. [ 120 ] Various activists and scholars, such as Monárrez, have argued that connections exist between the femicides and neoliberal policies, namely North ...