1987 Death R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1983 Event Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1950 Event NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1948 Event Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury 1931 Event Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
