2015 Event Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty to bribery charges in the FIFA corruption case brought against 14 former officials; Webb is the first to be extradited to the U.S. to face the charges 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Apple Inc. will be required to pay $450 million in settlements if found guilty of antitrust violations concerning e-book price fixing; the outcome of an appeal by Apple is pending 2014 Event Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, is found guilty of bribery and corruption charges; Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison 2014 Event Rebekah Brooks has been declared not guilty, and Editor Andy Coulson has been pronounced guilty in the 'News of the World' phone hacking case 2014 Event Credit Suisse has pled guilty to criminal charges of assisting U.S. customers in tax fraud and evasion; however, the Swiss government will not allow the bank to cooperate with the U.S. government's request for the names of those customers 2013 Event In the case of AEG Live v. Michael Jackson Estate, the court determines that AEG live is not guilty of negligence for hiring Michael Jackson physician Conrad Murray 2013 Event Defendant George Zimmerman is found not guilty in the case regarding the fatal shooting of Treyvon Martin 2013 Event Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction 2013 Event After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 2013 Event After pleading guilty to a U.S. case of tax evasion, Wegelin and Co., the oldest bank in Switzerland, closes; the bank faces a fine of $57.8 million 2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2011 Event Physician Conrad Murray, is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of the American entertainer Michael Jackson 2011 Event The 'underwear bomber', Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, pleads guilty to attempting to blow up an airplane on Christmas, 2009 2010 Event Longtime U.S. Democratic Representative Charlie Rangel is found guilty of multiple violations of House rules, including failure to pay taxes 1998 Event Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge 1997 Event Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing 1997 Event Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served 1997 Event Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty 1997 Event Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby 1997 Event Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian 1997 Event Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in New York City 1997 Event Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168 1997 Event Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract 1997 Event FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1997 Event Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 1996 Event O. J. Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict 1996 Event Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents 1995 Event Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women 1995 Event O. J. Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman 1995 Event INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer 1995 Event Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina 1995 Event Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY 1994 Event Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges 1994 Event Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring 1994 Event O. J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder 1994 Event Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in New York 1994 Event Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying 1994 Event Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion 1994 Event Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home 1994 Event 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center 1993 Event Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges 1993 Event Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights 1993 Event Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th 1992 Death Martin Arsenault, actor (Guilty by Suspicion), dies of an ulcer 1992 Event U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1992 Event John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos 1992 Event Jeffrey Dahmer found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys 1992 Event U.S. serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane 1991 Event Charles Keating, Jr. (Lincoln Savings and Loan fraud), found guilty 1991 Event Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession 1991 Event Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1990 Event Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty 1990 Event Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1990 Event 5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money 1990 Event Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering 1990 Event Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 1990 Event Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income 1990 Event John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal 1990 Event 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering 1989 Event Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud 1989 Event Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Death Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79 1989 Event Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter 1988 Event U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism 1986 Event Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court 1985 Event Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing 1983 Death Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 1982 Event Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty) 1982 Event John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1982 Event Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta 1981 Event Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon 1980 Event NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty 1980 Event Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks 1980 Event Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 1979 Event Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months 1978 Event Emily and William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst 1978 Event Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl 1977 Event David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings 1976 Event U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism for 'He's So Fine' 1976 Event George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord" 1975 Event Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President Gerald Ford 1975 Event Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1973 Event ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election 1973 Event Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts 1973 Event 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1971 Event 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1970 Event Jim Morrison found not guilty of "lewd" behavior 1970 Event Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl 1969 Event Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 Event James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 Death Virginia Valli, actress (Flames, Guilty?, Storm), dies of stroke at 70 1966 Event Writers Andrei Sinjavski and Joeij Daniel found guilty 1965 Event Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion 1964 Event Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1950 Event Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud 1950 Event NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1946 Event 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1935 Event Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant 1930 Birthday Iain Cuthbertson, British actor, Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB 1925 Event Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs 1925 Event Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism 1924 Event Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder 1921 Event Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox 1865 Event 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty 1856 Event Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 1788 Event Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1776 Event Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy 1675 Event Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
