Perjury - Notable Convicted Perjurers

Notable Convicted Perjurers

  • Jonathan Aitken, British politician, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 1999 for perjury.
  • Jeffrey Archer, British novelist and politician, was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for perjury in 2001.
  • Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit mayor was convicted of perjury in 2008 in relation to text messages he sent to his chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
  • Marion Jones, American athlete, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment after being found guilty of two counts of perjury in 2008.
  • Mark Fuhrman, Los Angeles Police Department detective, entered a no contest plea to a perjury charge relating to his testimony in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson.
  • Lil' Kim, American rapper was convicted of perjury in 2005 after lying to a grand jury in 2003.
  • Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted in 2007 of two counts of perjury in connection with the Plame affair.
  • Bernie Madoff, the former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange, in 2009 he was found guilty of perjury in relation to investment fraud arising from his operating a Ponzi scheme.
  • Michele Sindona, convicted of perjury related to a bogus kidnapping in August 1979.
  • Tommy Sheridan, Scottish politician, found guilty of lying on affirmation in a trial in 2010.

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