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Supplied in partnership with Project Management Institute. Project Management Institute is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: July 2026. ## Project Management Institute: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition Project Management Institute (PMI) is a global non-profit professional organization for the project management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI develops standards, conducts research, and provides education, professional certifications, and networking opportunities for project professionals. 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In March, the former Wall Street legend pleaded guilty to all the federal charges filed against him and was sentenced to the maximum term, 150 years in jail. United States Marshals Service / Reuters ### Scott Roeder  Accused of: murderOn May 31, Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's only doctors to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death in the foyer of his longtime church in Wichita, Kans., as he handed out church bulletins at a Sunday service. Authorities arrested Roeder, an avowed antiabortion activist, in connection with the killing a few days later. He pleaded not guilty; his trial is set to begin in January 2010. Sedgwick County Jail / AP ### Anthony Sowell  Accused of: murder, kidnapping, assault, rapeOver the course of several gruesome days in October, authorities found the remains of 11 bodies in and around the home of Sowell, a convicted sex offender. The 85-count indictment says Sowell lured the women, most of them homeless or drug-addicted, into his house, where he sexually attacked them and then strangled them. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Cleveland Police Department / AP ### Nicholas Frank Prugo  Accused of: burglaryPrugo, 18, is said to be a member of a gang of teenagers who stole jewelry and clothes from the homes of celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. According to investigators, the group used celebrity Websites to determine when a victim would be attending a party or a premiere and thus not be at home. Police say some of the stolen bling was sold, while other items were kept as trophies. Arrested in November, Prugo has pleaded not guilty. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department / AP ### Drew Peterson  Accused of: murderA former police sergeant from Bolingbroke, Ill., Peterson was arrested in May in connection with the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub in 2004, her hair soaked in blood from a head wound. A coroner's report initially ruled the death an accidental drowning, but another autopsy, conducted at the urging of Savio's family in 2007, concluded that the death was a "homicide staged to look like an accident." Peterson, who is also suspected of having a hand in the disappearance of his fourth wife, has pleaded not guilty. Will County Sheriff's Office / AP ### Phillip and Nancy Garrido  Accused of: kidnapping, rape, false imprisonmentAuthorities say that in 1991, the Garridos grabbed Jaycee Dugard — a blond, blue-eyed 11-year-old — from a South Lake Tahoe street. According to the complaint, Dugard was then taken to the Garridos' home in Antioch, Calif., where she was imprisoned in a squalid compound of tents, handmade sheds and dirt floors. She was discovered in August 2009\. During the time she was kept at the Garrido compound, Dugard gave birth to two of Phillip Garrido's children. Both suspects have pleaded not guilty. El Dorado County Sheriffs Office / Reuters ### Bernard Kerik  Accused of: tax fraud, making false statementsThe former New York City police commissioner's legal problems began in 2007 when a construction company suspected of having ties to organized crime allegedly paid for much of the renovation work at Kerik's home in Riverdale, N.Y., in the hope that he would help the company obtain a city license. Though charges directly related to that incident were dropped, Kerik ultimately pleaded guilty in November 2009 for concealing the work from the Internal Revenue Service and making false statements in relation to it during the vetting process that followed his nomination to head the Department of Homeland Security under President Bush. Westchester County Executive's Office / Reuters ### Hartford, Conn., Mayor Eddie Perez and former Representative Abraham Giles  Accused of: extortion, conspiracy (Perez) and bribery (Giles)Authorities say that Giles, left, demanded $250,000 from a developer who wanted to build on a parking lot that he rented from the city for $500 a month. The amount was later reduced to $100,000; Perez told the developer that he must pay Giles for the project to proceed. Perez is also facing charges that he intentionally underpaid a local contractor for work on his home. Both men have pleaded not guilty. Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice, Office of the Chief State's Attorney / AP ### Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr.  Accused of: double homicideOn July 9, Byrd and Melanie Billings, parents of 17 children, many of them adopted with special needs, were shot to death by masked intruders inside their secluded home in rural Beulah, Fla. Nine of the children were in the house at the time of the murders but were not harmed. Eight people — seven men and one woman — were arrested in connection with the crimes. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for , 35, the alleged ringleader. He has pleaded not guilty. Escambia Sheriff's Department / AP ### Raymond Clark III  Accused of: murderOn Sept. 13, 2009, the body of Annie Le, a 24-year-old graduate student at Yale University, was discovered in a basement wall hours after she was to have been married. Clark, an animal-research technician who worked in the same building as Le, a doctoral student, was arrested in connection with the killing a few days later. Clark thus far has not entered a plea, though his attorney says he plans to plead not guilty. New Haven Police Department / Reuters ### Howard K. Stern  Accused of: conspiracy to furnish controlled substancesThe boyfriend and attorney of Anna Nicole-Smith, Stern, along with two doctors, was arrested in March in connection with the model's death in 2007\. Authorities say Stern and the doctors devised a plan to use fake names so Smith could be prescribed thousands of pills, including antidepressants, sleeping pills, methadone and other medications. Smith died in 2007 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. Stern pleaded not guilty. Whittier Police Department / AP ### Henry Louis Gates Jr.  Accused of: disorderly conductA professor at Harvard and one of America's most respected scholars of African-American literature and culture, Gates was arrested after trying to force open the front door of his own home. The arresting officer said that when questioned about the situation, Gates yelled at him and behaved in a disorderly fashion. Though the charges were later dropped, the incident provoked a national conversation about the police and race, culminating in a meeting between Gates and the arresting officer over beers with President Obama at the White House. Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Department ### Shepard Fairey  Accused of: defacing propertyThe street artist best known for creating the Obama "Hope" poster, Fairey has been arrested more than a dozen times for posting his art on surfaces like railroad trestles and building sheds. In February, Boston police arrested him in connection with an image he posted in 2000 on property owned by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Fairey pleaded guilty in July to vandalism charges and agreed to pay $2,000 to a local graffiti-cleanup group and serve two years probation. 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