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J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover (John Edgar Hoover) directed the FBI and its precursor from 1924 until his death in 1972, 48 years under eight presidents from Coolidge to Nixon. He professionalized the FBI through fingerprint files and the crime lab, while covert programs such as COINTELPRO targeted civil rights groups and later forced reforms.
J. Michael Luttig
J. Michael Luttig (born 1954) is a retired American judge, Fourth Circuit 1991-2006 under George H.W. Bush, former Boeing general counsel, and adviser who told Mike Pence he lacked authority to overturn the 2020 election.
J. N. Ranjan
J. Nicholas Ranjan, born 1978, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2019, appointed by President Trump.
J. P. Calabrese
J. Philip Calabrese, born 1971, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2020, nominated by President Trump.
J. R. Greer
J. R. Greer, also known as J. Ronnie Greer, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
J. Sai Deepak
J. Sai Deepak is an Indian arguing counsel before the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, known for the Sabarimala and marital rape exception cases and for authoring the Bharat Trilogy book India, That Is Bharat.
Jack Dragna
Jack Dragna (Ignazio Dragna, 1891–1956) was an Italian-American mobster who led the Los Angeles crime family from 1931 until his death; a commission called him the "Al Capone of Los Angeles."
Jack family disappearance
Jack family disappearance: Ronald, Doreen, Russell, and Ryan Jack, an Indigenous family of Prince George, British Columbia, vanished August 2, 1989 after accepting a logging-camp job offer from an unidentified man; unsolved, no trace found.
Jack L. Rives
Jack L. Rives, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, 15th Air Force Judge Advocate General (2006-2010), first TJAG at three-star rank, later American Bar Association executive director and Rocket Legal president.
Jack McCall
Jack McCall (John McCall, c. 1853–1877), also Broken Nose Jack, was the drifter and gambler who shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back of the head at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10, Deadwood, on August 2, 1876; acquitted by a miners' court, retried in Yankton, and hanged March 1, 1877.
Jack McVitie
Jack "the Hat" McVitie (Jack Dennis McVitie, 1932-1967) was a London enforcer in the Kray twins' firm, murdered by Reggie Kray in Stoke Newington in October 1967; the killing anchored the 1969 Old Bailey convictions that ended the Krays.
Jack Rumbold
Sir Jack Seddon Rumbold QC (1920–2001), New Zealand-born barrister, Rhodes Scholar, Royal Navy officer mentioned in dispatches, Attorney-General of Zanzibar 1963, and president of the industrial tribunals of England and Wales 1979–1984.
Jack Smith (lawyer)
Jack Smith (John L. Smith) is the American federal prosecutor appointed Special Counsel by Merrick Garland in November 2022 to investigate Donald Trump's classified documents and 2020 election cases; formerly Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor.
Jack Straw
Jack Straw (John Whitaker Straw, born 1946) is a British Labour politician, MP for Blackburn 1979–2015 and a Cabinet minister 1997–2010 as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Leader of the Commons, and Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary.
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper, also known as the Whitechapel Murderer, is the unidentified serial killer who murdered five women in Whitechapel, London, in autumn 1888; the name came from a hoax letter, and the case remains unsolved.
Jack the Ripper suspects
Jack the Ripper suspects: the named candidates for the unsolved 1888 Whitechapel murders, led by Macnaghten's 1894 trio Druitt, Kosminski, and Ostrog, plus Tumblety, Chapman, Sickert, Maybrick, and disputed 2014 shawl DNA claims.
Jack Unterweger
Jack Unterweger (1950–1994), Austrian writer and serial killer; life sentence for a 1974 murder, released as a "prison poet" in 1990, then killed prostitutes in Austria, Prague, and Los Angeles; convicted 1994, died by suicide.
Jack Zouhary
Jack Zouhary, born 1951 in Toledo, Ohio, is a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by George W. Bush in 2006.
Jacksonville Landing shooting
The Jacksonville Landing shooting: August 26, 2018 mass shooting at a Madden NFL 19 qualifier at the GLHF Game Bar, Jacksonville, Florida; David Katz killed Elijah Clayton and Taylor Robertson, wounded 11, then died by suicide.
Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl, American conservative political operative and sometime hedge fund promoter, partner of Jack Burkman; known for failed smears against Mueller and Buttigieg and for the 2020 robocall voter-suppression scheme that brought guilty pleas, probation, a $1.25 million New York settlement, and FCC fines.
Jacobson v. Massachusetts
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), the Supreme Court case upholding Cambridge, Massachusetts's compulsory smallpox vaccination order and Henning Jacobson's $5 fine as a valid exercise of state police power.
Jacqueline Becerra
Jacqueline Becerra, born 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed in 2024.
Jacqueline H. Nguyen
Jacqueline H. Nguyen, also known as Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen, is an American federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2012, appointed by President Obama.
Jacqueline S. Corley
Jacqueline S. Corley, also known as Jacqueline Scott Corley, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2022.
Jacquelyn D. Austin
Jacquelyn D. Austin, also known as Jacquelyn Denise Austin, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of South Carolina since 2024.
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., also known as Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr., is an American jurist and senior judge of the Fifth Circuit, appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1990.
Jacques Mesrine
Jacques Mesrine (1936-1979), French bank robber and kidnapper, Public Enemy No. 1; four prison escapes including La Santé 1978, wrote L'Instinct de mort, shot dead by police in Paris in 1979.
Jacques Rançon
Jacques Rançon, the "tueur de la gare de Perpignan", is a French serial killer and rapist convicted three times to life for the 1986, 1997, and 1998 murders of young women, identified in 2014 by DNA.
Jacques Vergès
Jacques Vergès (1924/1925–2013), French lawyer nicknamed the Devil's Advocate, devised the rupture defence and defended Djamila Bouhired, Klaus Barbie, Carlos the Jackal, and Khieu Samphan; he vanished from 1970 to 1978 and died in Paris in 2013.
Jailbait images
Jailbait images: sexually suggestive but non-nude photos of minors, often legal yet exploitative; best known as Reddit's r/jailbait subreddit run by Violentacrez, banned October 2011 after CNN coverage and a nude-image solicitation incident.