2014 Event Four former guards of security company Blackwater have been convicted of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting of 31 unarmed Iraqi civilians seven years ago in Baghdad; the incident resulted in 14 deaths and 17 injuries 2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 2014 Event Former Egyptian President President Mohamed Mursi and nine others have been charged with giving confidential state security information to the government of Qatar; if convicted of treason, Mursi could face the death penalty 2014 Event Texas Governor Rick Perry has been convicted of felony for threatening to block state funds from the office of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she resigned; the threat stemmed from Lehmberg's arrest for drunk driving 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2013 Event Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray is released from prison, two years after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter 2012 Event After being convicted of corruption, Jordan's former spy chief, Mohammad al-Dahabi, is sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment 2012 Event Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian leftist protest leader is charged with plotting 'mass disorder', facing a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted 2011 Event Rejean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s and acquitted 30 years later, receives $13.1 million in compensation 2010 Event The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 2010 Event Iran's Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, convicted of adultery and sentenced to death, faces the whip 2010 Event Convicted for transporting soldiers during the Rwandan Genocide, Dominique Ntawukuriryayo is sentenced to 25 years in prison 2010 Event An Iranian woman convicted of adultery is sentenced to death by stoning; Iranian human rights activist Mina Ahadi tries to stop this barbaric act 1998 Event Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder 1998 Event Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini 1997 Event Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death 1997 Death William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51 1997 Death Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47 1992 Event New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1992 Event Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges 1992 Event Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana 1991 Event NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud 1991 Event South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks 1989 Death Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Event Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills 1988 Event Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1988 Event Mario Biaggi, Representative-D-New York, convicted of racketeering resigns seat 1988 Event Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery 1988 Event Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US 1987 Event 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 Event Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted 1986 Event Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1986 Event Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage 1985 Event Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players 1985 Event FBI arrests John A Walker, Jr., convicted of spying for U.S.S.R. 1985 Event Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 1983 Event Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1982 Event Roy Williams, Teamsters president, and 4 others convicted of bribery 1982 Death Charlie Brooks, Jr., convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas 1982 Event Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1981 Event Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Event Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Event Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower 1981 Event British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women 1979 Event Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone 1978 Event Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto 1978 Event Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson 1978 Event Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation 1977 Death Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine 1977 Event Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured 1977 Event Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets 1976 Event Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1976 Event Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Event Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1975 Event Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime 1974 Event John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights 1973 Event Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1971 Event Charles Manson convicted of murder 1971 Event Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1970 Event 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane 1970 Event Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted 1969 Event Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army on appeal 1969 Event Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy 1967 Event 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss 1967 Event Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army 1964 Event Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy 1964 Event Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel 1960 Event Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by U.S.S.R. (U-2 incident) 1954 Birthday Patty Hearst, born in San Francisco, California, newspaper heiress, convicted bank robber, socialite, known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, autobiography titled, 'Every Secret Thing' 1951 Event Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying 1951 Event Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage 1949 Event 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1943 Event Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau 1942 Event 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C. 1936 Death Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1929 Event Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe 1921 Event Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company's paymaster 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1918 Birthday Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM, 1972-74, convicted of bribe-taking 1915 Event Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia 1906 Event Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1900 Birthday John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution 1895 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1883 Event Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism 1874 Event William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall in New York City convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment 1833 Birthday Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1776 Death Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1606 Death Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
