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Susan McDougal
Susan Carol Henley McDougal (born 1955), Arkansas business partner of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Whitewater, jailed 18 months for refusing to testify before Kenneth Starr's grand jury, acquitted of obstruction, pardoned by Clinton in 2001.
Susan Smith
Susan Leigh Smith, South Carolina woman convicted in 1995 of drowning her sons Michael and Alexander in John D. Long Lake after a false Black-carjacker claim; life sentence, parole denied 2024.
Susan Wright (murderer)
Susan Lucille Wright, Houston woman convicted in 2004 of murdering her husband Jeffrey, whom she stabbed 193 times in January 2003; claimed self-defense as a battered wife, sentenced to 25 years, resentenced to 20 in 2010.
Suspended sentence
Suspended sentence: a custodial sentence whose execution is withheld on conditions, revoked on breach. Known as suspended sentence order (England and Wales) or conditional imprisonment (Israel); 52,926 English SSOs in 2025.
Suzane von Richthofen
Suzane Louise von Richthofen, Brazilian convicted of planning the 2002 murder of her parents Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen in São Paulo with the Cravinhos brothers; sentenced to 39 years, in open regime since 2023, subject of films and a Netflix documentary.
Switch (corporal punishment)
A switch is a thin flexible tree branch used as a corporal punishment implement, distinct from the birch and cane; historically common in American homes and schools, still legally referenced in states such as Oklahoma.
Sydney gang rapes
Sydney gang rapes: series of gang rapes in Bankstown and south-west Sydney around 2000-2001 by Lebanese-Australian youth and later Pakistani brothers, whose sentencing sparked racialized media and political controversy in NSW.
Taberon Honie
Taberon Dave Honie, Utah death-row inmate convicted in 1999 of the 1998 aggravated murder of Claudia Benn, executed by lethal injection August 8, 2024, Utah's first execution since 2010.
Tam Paton
Tam Paton, born Thomas Dougal Paton, was a Scottish pop manager of the Bay City Rollers, jailed in 1982 for indecency offenses against teenage boys.
Tamara Samsonova (Тамара Митрофановна Самсонова)
Tamara Samsonova, also known as Tamara Mitrofanovna Samsonova, is a Russian pensioner from Saint Petersburg arrested in July 2015 for killing and dismembering a 79-year-old woman she had cared for.
Tara Grinstead murder case
Tara Grinstead murder case: 2005 disappearance of an Ocilla, Georgia teacher; Ryan Duke confessed then recanted, was convicted of concealing her death but acquitted of murder; Bo Dukes got 25 years; 2025 appeal voided remaining charges.
Tarring and feathering
Tarring and feathering: extralegal punishment of covering a stripped victim with hot pine tar and feathers. Medieval origin (Richard I, 1189), brought to America by sailors, famous against loyalists like John Malcolm in 1774, later used in Ireland.
Tate–LaBianca murders
Tate–LaBianca murders: seven killings by Charles Manson's Family in Los Angeles, August 8–10, 1969, killing Sharon Tate and four others, then Leno and Rosemary LaBianca; 1971 convictions.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy (Theodore Robert Bundy, born 1946) was an American serial killer linked to at least 30 murders in the 1970s, twice escaped Colorado custody, was tried on nationally televised Florida trials, and was executed January 24, 1989.
Teen court
Teen court, also called youth, peer, or student court, is a juvenile diversion program where youth volunteers sentence first-time minor offenders, using adult judge, youth judge, tribunal, or peer jury models; meta-analyses find no significant recidivism reduction.
Teresa Lewis
Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis, Virginia death-row inmate executed September 23, 2010, for hiring Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller to murder her husband Julian and stepson Charles in 2002; first Virginia woman executed since 1912.
Teresita Basa
Teresita Basa (1929–1977), Filipino-American respiratory therapist murdered in Chicago; the "Voice from the Grave" case in which coworker Remy Chua's alleged possession named killer Allan Showery, leading to his 1979 guilty plea.
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, or Martyn's Law, UK Act (c. 10, Royal Assent 3 April 2025) requiring public premises and events to prepare for terrorist attacks; standard tier 200+, enhanced tier 800+, regulated by the SIA.
Terrorism Confinement Center
CECOT (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo), the Terrorism Confinement Center, is El Salvador's maximum-security mega-prison in Tecoluca, opened January 31, 2023 under Bukele's state of exception, with a stated 40,000 capacity and documented human rights abuses.
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, commonly known as TADA, was an Indian law against terrorist and disruptive activities, allowed to lapse in May 1995.
Terry Peder Rasmussen
Terry Peder Rasmussen (1943–2010), alias Bob Evans, was an American serial killer linked to the Bear Brook (Allenstown Four) murders and Eunsoon Jun's killing; identified in 2017 via genetic genealogy; final victim Rea Rasmussen named in 2025.
Terry stop
Terry stop, also called stop and frisk, is a brief investigative police detention based on reasonable suspicion, less than probable cause, under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), with a limited weapons frisk when the person is believed armed and dangerous.
Terry v. Ohio
Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), the stop-and-frisk case: the Supreme Court held police may stop and pat down a person on reasonable, articulable suspicion of crime and danger, without probable cause.
Tex Watson
Tex Watson (Charles Denton Watson), Manson Family member who led the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder in 1971, death sentence commuted to life in 1972, author of Will You Die For Me?
Texarkana Moonlight Murders
Texarkana Moonlight Murders: unsolved 1946 attacks by the Phantom Killer near Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas; five killed, three wounded; prime suspect Youell Swinney never prosecuted.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), formerly the Texas Department of Corrections, is the Texas state agency managing adult prisons, parole, and probation from Huntsville, operating 104 prison facilities.
Texas Killing Fields
Texas Killing Fields: area along Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston, centered on a Calder Road oil field in League City where four women were found 1984-1991; over 30 total victims, first conviction in 2026.
Texas Senate Bill 20
Texas Senate Bill 20 (2025, 89th Legislature, by Senator Pete Flores) is a Texas law creating Penal Code 43.235, a felony for possessing or promoting obscene visual material appearing to depict a child, including cartoons and AI-generated images, effective September 1, 2025.
Texas Seven
The Texas Seven were seven inmates who escaped the Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000, the state's largest prison break, then killed Irving officer Aubrey Hawkins; four were executed, two remain.
Texas Syndicate
Texas Syndicate (TS), prison gang founded early 1970s in California by Texas-born Mexican-American inmates; spread to Texas prisons and streets, tied to Los Zetas and the Cardenas-Guillen DTO, active in drug trafficking.