31.   The statute has become a powerful tool for challenging official misconduct that has nothing to do with race.

32.   There were other accusations of official misconduct against the senator, including tampering with evidence, but they never caught the public imagination in quite the same way.

33.   They face charges of official misconduct, which carry penalties of five to ten years in prison, prosecutors said.

34.   They also face misdemeanor charges of official misconduct.

35.   Two other sergeants and one officer were also charged with perjury and official misconduct.

36.   Welsh is charged with two counts of official misconduct, a misdemeanor.

37.   A few months earlier the House ethics committee cited him for official misconduct for accepting improper gifts, favoring a lobbyist and misusing congressional staff for political work.

38.   An inmate is alleging official misconduct on the part of prison officials who are refusing to allow inmates to use computers and to scan the Internet.

39.   Beck was charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence, official misconduct, being an accessory to murder after the fact and perjury.

40.   Both were charged with attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, official misconduct and obstruction of justice.