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Jennifer Robinson (lawyer)
Jennifer Robinson (Jennifer Kate Robinson), Australian human rights and media lawyer, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London; Rhodes Scholar 2006; longtime member of Julian Assange's legal team; distinct from Nashville Littler employment lawyer Jen Robinson.
Jennifer Sung
Jennifer Sung, born in 1972, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit since 2021, appointed by President Biden.
Jennifer W. Elrod
Jennifer W. Elrod, born Jennifer Walker Elrod in 1966, is a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Jens Söring
Jens Söring, German citizen born 1966, convicted 1990 of the 1985 Haysom murders in Bedford County, Virginia; subject of Soering v. United Kingdom; released to Germany in 2019.
Jeremy Bamber
Jeremy Bamber (born 1961) is serving a whole life sentence for the 1985 White House Farm murders in Essex; convicted in 1986 on silencer blood evidence and his ex-girlfriend's testimony, he maintains innocence and the CCRC continues reviewing his case.
Jeremy Bash
Jeremy Bash, American national security lawyer; CIA chief of staff 2009-2011 and Pentagon chief of staff 2011-2013 under Leon Panetta; founder of Beacon Global Strategies; Afghanistan War Commission commissioner.
Jeremy C. Daniel
Jeremy Christen Daniel (born 1978) is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2023, nominated by President Biden and formerly a federal prosecutor there.
Jeremy D. Kernodle
Jeremy D. Kernodle, born 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Texas, nominated by President Trump in 2018.
Jeremy Hammond
Jeremy Hammond, also known as Anarchaos, is an American political activist and hacker from Chicago who hacked the intelligence firm Stratfor in 2011 and leaked its emails to WikiLeaks.
Jeremy Johnson (judge)
Sir Jeremy Charles Johnson KC, known as Mr Justice Johnson, is a British High Court judge (Queen's Bench Division, appointed 2019), formerly a public-law barrister and Special Advocate, notable for the Assange extradition appeal and AI fake-citation rulings.
Jerome A. Holmes
Jerome A. Holmes is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 2006, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Jerry Brudos
Jerry Brudos (Jerome Henry Brudos, 1939-2006), the Lust Killer or Shoe Fetish Slayer, was an American serial killer who murdered four women in Oregon in 1968-1969, pleaded guilty to three, and died in prison as Oregon DOC's longest-serving inmate.
Jerry E. Smith
Jerry E. Smith, born Jerry Edwin Smith in 1946, is an American judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Jerry Edwards, Jr.
Jerry Edwards, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Jerry Sheridan
Jerry Sheridan is an American law enforcement officer and the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, elected in 2024 after retiring as chief deputy of the county sheriff's office.
Jerry W. Blackwell
Jerry Wayne Blackwell (born 1962) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Minnesota since 2022, after decades in Minneapolis private practice.
Jerusalem Law
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel (חוק יסוד: ירושלים בירת ישראל), Israeli Basic Law of 30 July 1980 declaring united Jerusalem Israel's capital; entrenched in 2000; declared null and void by UNSC Resolution 478.
Jesse Anderson
Jesse Michael Anderson (1957-1994), Cedarburg, Wisconsin businessman who murdered his wife Barbara in Milwaukee on April 21, 1992, blamed two fictitious Black assailants, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, and died in prison on November 30, 1994, two days after Christopher Scarver attacked him and Jeffrey Dahmer at Columbia Correctional Institution.
Jesse E. James
Jesse E. James, also known as Jesse James Jr., was the only surviving son of outlaw Jesse Woodson James who was tried for train robbery and became an attorney.
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James (1847–1882), Missouri outlaw and ex-Confederate guerrilla, led the James–Younger Gang's bank and train robberies until Robert Ford shot him in St. Joseph; his Robin Hood image is a debunked myth.
Jesse James Hollywood
Jesse James Hollywood, California marijuana dealer convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2000 killing of teenager Nicholas Markowitz over a drug debt; captured in Brazil 2005, sentenced to life without parole; basis for the film Alpha Dog.
Jesse Lee Calhoun
Jesse Lee Calhoun is an Oregon man charged with the murder of six women in the Portland metropolitan area. He faces five counts of second-degree murder.
Jesse M. Furman
Jesse M. Furman, born 1972, is a United States district judge in the Southern District of New York, known for blocking the 2020 census citizenship question.
Jesse Pomeroy
Jesse Harding Pomeroy (1859-1932), the Boston Boy Fiend, tortured seven boys in 1871-72 and murdered Katie Curran and Horace Millen in 1874, becoming Massachusetts's youngest person sentenced to death, later commuted to life in solitary.
Jessica G. L. Clarke
Jessica G. L. Clarke, born 1983 in Akron, Ohio, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2023.
Jessica Johanna Oseguera González
Jessica Johanna Oseguera González, alias La Negra, daughter of CJNG leader El Mencho, is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen sentenced in 2021 to 30 months for Kingpin Act violations involving six OFAC-sanctioned businesses.
Jessie Hoffman Jr.
Jessie Dean Hoffman Jr., Louisiana death row inmate executed March 18, 2025 by nitrogen hypoxia at Angola for the 1996 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Molly Elliott; first Louisiana execution in 15 years, second state to use nitrogen after Alabama.
Jesus G. Bernal
Jesus G. Bernal, also known as Jesus Gilberto Bernal, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2012.
Jewish-American organized crime
Jewish-American organized crime, often called the Kosher Nostra, was the participation of Jewish immigrants in US criminal enterprises, chiefly from the early 1900s through the mid-century.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias "Popeye" or "JJ", Colombian hitman and chief of sicarios for Pablo Escobar in the Medellín Cartel; confessed 300 murders, convicted for Luis Carlos Galán's assassination, later a YouTuber, died 2020.