1.   The official was convicted of criminal damage for ramming the craft with a motorboat, then whacking it with a shovel.

2.   Two White House officials were convicted of serious charges and a third got off on a technicality.

3.   A court at Tampa, Florida has convicted five officials on drugs charges.

4.   At a Tokyo war crimes court after World War II, some Japanese officials were convicted of failing to prevent rape.

5.   County officials here have long used government money to pave private driveways, a practice so common that juries rarely convict officials if they are charged.

6.   Defense officials were convicted for writing the laws, and some border guards have received short or suspended sentences.

7.   For instance, a former state Department of Correction official was convicted last year of illegally claiming a New Hampshire residence when he was actually living in Boston.

8.   In France, three government officials were convicted of letting dangerous products be used.

9.   It was the first time that a senior Israeli official had been convicted on such charges.

10.   It would, in fact, be unprecedented for the Senate to convict an official at an impeachment trial and not remove him from office.