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John Turner
John Napier Turner (1929–2020), Canadian lawyer and 17th prime minister, led Canada 79 days in 1984 after winning the Liberal leadership over Chrétien; earlier justice and finance minister, later opposition leader through the 1988 free trade election.
John W. Broomes
John Wesley Broomes, born 1969, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Kansas since 2018 and its chief judge since 2025.
John W. deGravelles
John W. deGravelles, born 1949, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Louisiana since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
John W. Holcomb
John W. Holcomb, also known as John William Holcomb, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2020.
John W. Lungstrum
John Watson Lungstrum is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Kansas, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
John W. Sedwick
John W. Sedwick, born 1946, is a senior United States district judge for the District of Alaska, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy (1942–1994), the Killer Clown, murdered at least 33 young men and boys near Chicago, 1972–1978, was convicted in 1980, executed in 1994; five victims remain unidentified.
John Westlake (law scholar)
John Westlake (1828–1913) was an English jurist who held the Whewell chair of international law at Cambridge from 1888 to 1908 and co-founded the Institut de Droit International.
John Westlake and the colonial critique of international law
John Westlake (1828–1913), Cambridge Whewell Professor and Hague arbitrator, whose racialized, civilizational account of international law is now a central target of TWAIL and postcolonial critique.
John Wojtowicz
John Stanley Wojtowicz, also known as Littlejohn Basso, was the American bank robber whose 1972 Brooklyn Chase Manhattan holdup to fund Elizabeth Eden's surgery inspired Dog Day Afternoon; he died of cancer in 2006.
John Worboys
John Worboys, now John Radford, the black-cab rapist: London taxi driver convicted in 2009 of 19 sexual offences against 12 women, linked to over 105 assaults; his 2018 parole release was quashed and he received two life sentences in 2019.
John Yoo
John Choon Yoo, Berkeley Law professor and former Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel deputy (2001–2003), principal author of the 2002 "torture memos" on interrogation and presidential war powers, later reviewed by the OPR and litigated in Padilla v. Yoo.
John Z. Lee
John Z. Lee, also known as John Zihun Lee, is an American jurist serving on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2022, appointed by President Biden.
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, born 1952, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2000, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (1937-2005), Los Angeles trial lawyer and civil-rights advocate, lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial, famous for "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
Johnny Martorano
Johnny Martorano, born John James Vincent Martorano, is a retired American hitman who killed 20 people for Boston's Winter Hill Gang, then became a government witness against Whitey Bulger.
Johnny Ringo
John Peters (Johnny) Ringo (1850-1882), Indiana-born Texas feudist and Tombstone Cowboy, opposed the Earps and died of a gunshot in Turkey Creek Canyon; suicide verdict, disputed gunfighter fame.
Johnny Stompanato
Johnny Stompanato (John Stompanato Jr.), Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen's enforcer and bodyguard and Lana Turner's boyfriend, was stabbed to death April 4, 1958 by Turner's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane; a coroner's inquest ruled it justifiable homicide.
Joint and several liability
Joint and several liability: rule that each of multiple defendants is liable for the entire judgment, also called solidary obligation; contrasted with several (proportionate) liability and subject to contribution and tort-reform limits.
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (中华人民共和国和美利坚合众国关于建立外交关系的联合公报)
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (中华人民共和国和美利坚合众国关于建立外交关系的联合公报), the 1978 US-PRC agreement effective January 1, 1979, recognizing the PRC as China's sole legal government, severing ties with the ROC on Taiwan, and enabling unofficial Taiwan relations.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک)
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, is the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers limiting Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions.
Joint custody
Joint custody is a form of child custody in which separated or divorced parents share both decision-making authority and responsibility for their child, covering legal and physical custody.
Joji Obara
Joji Obara (織原城二), born Kim Sung Jong in 1952, is a Korean-Japanese former property developer serving life for nine rapes, the 1992 death of Carita Ridgway, and the abduction and mutilation of Lucie Blackman's body; courts never convicted him of killing Blackman.
Joliet Correctional Center
Joliet Correctional Center (Old Joliet Prison), Illinois State Penitentiary–Joliet, was a Joliet, Illinois state prison operating 1858–2002, built by convict quarry labor, closed by Governor Ryan, now a museum-run National Register historic site.
Jon D. Levy
Jon D. Levy, also known as Jon David Levy, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Maine.
Jon E. DeGuilio
Jon Ernest DeGuilio is a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Indiana, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and chief judge from 2020 to 2023.
Jon O. Newman
Jon O. Newman, also known as Jon Ormond Newman, is an American jurist and senior judge of the Second Circuit, appointed to the federal bench by Nixon in 1971.
Jon Roberts
Jon Pernell Roberts (Jon Roberts), American cocaine smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in 1980s Miami, featured in Cocaine Cowboys and memoirist of American Desperado; died 2011, age 63.
Jon Romano
Jon Romano, American who at 16 shot a teacher at Columbia High School, East Greenbush, in 2004, served about 17 years, then became a mental health advocate and survived a 2022 Albany sword attack.
Jon S. Tigar
Jon S. Tigar, also known as Jon Steven Tigar, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Northern California since 2013, appointed by Obama.