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Juvenile court
Juvenile court, a separate court system for minors accused of delinquency, founded in Chicago in 1899, emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment, uses adjudication rather than guilty verdicts, and differs procedurally from adult criminal court.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency, also called youth crime or juvenile offending, is behavior by a minor that would be a crime if committed by an adult, plus age-only status offenses like truancy.
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
India's Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act 2015), Act No. 2 of 2016, replaces the 2000 Act; covers children in conflict with law and in need of care; allows 16-18-year-olds trial as adults for heinous offences; amended 2021.
K. Chandru
Justice K. Chandru, retired Madras High Court judge and former CPI(M) labour lawyer, disposed of about 96,000 cases, inspired the film Jai Bhim, and led the 2023 Tamil Nadu anti-caste school commission.
K. K. Venugopal
K. K. Venugopal (Kottayan Katankot Venugopal, born 1931) is an Indian constitutional lawyer, distinct from politician K C Venugopal, who served as Attorney General for India from July 2017 to September 2022 after a six-decade Supreme Court career.
K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1962 SC 605, is the 1961 Supreme Court of India decision upholding naval commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati's murder conviction for killing Prem Ahuja, rejecting grave and sudden provocation, and catalyzing the abolition of jury trials in India.
K. Shanmugam
K. Shanmugam (尚穆根, கா சண்முகம்), born 1959, Singaporean politician and former Senior Counsel; Minister for Home Affairs since 2015, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Senior Minister from July 2026; MP since 1988.
K. T. Thomas (judge)
K. T. Thomas (Kallupurackal Thomas Thomas, born 1937), Indian Supreme Court judge 1996-2002 from Kerala, presided over the Rajiv Gandhi assassination death-sentence confirmations, later chaired Kerala's Law Reforms Commission, and received the Padma Bhushan (2007) and Padma Vibhushan (2026).
K.G.M. v. Meta et al.
K.G.M. v. Meta et al. (P.F. et al. v. Meta Platforms, No. 23SMCV03371, JCCP 5255) is the first social media addiction bellwether trial; a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent on 25 March 2026 and awarded $6 million.
Kaboni Savage
Kaboni Savage (born 1975), Philadelphia drug trafficker who led the Kaboni Savage Organization in North Philadelphia; convicted in 2013 of 12 murders in aid of racketeering including the 2004 Coleman family firebombing, sentenced to death 13 times, commuted to life without parole by Biden in 2024.
Kabushiki gaisha
Kabushiki gaisha (株式会社, K.K.), Japan's joint-stock corporation under the Companies Act: shareholders hold transferable shares with limited liability, directors manage, and it is the only corporate form that can be publicly listed, unlike the Godo Kaisha (G.K.).
Kadir Özkaya
Kadir Özkaya (born 1963, Tarsus) is President of the Turkish Constitutional Court since 20 April 2024; former Council of State rapporteur-judge, Court rapporteur, justice from 2014, and twice vice-president.
Kai N. Scott
Kai N. Scott, also known as Kai Niambi Scott, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2023.
Kalief Browder
Kalief Browder (1993–2015) was a Bronx teenager held at Rikers Island for three years without trial over a backpack theft; he died by suicide in 2015.
Kamerun
Kamerun, the German Empire's colony on the Gulf of Guinea from 1884, was partitioned after World War I into French and British League of Nations mandates in 1919–1922 and became modern Cameroon.
Kane Gamble
Kane Gamble, British founder of Crackas With Attitude, used social engineering from Coalville to access US officials' accounts including CIA chief John Brennan; sentenced in 2018 to a 24-month detention order.
Kang Kek Iew
Kang Kek Iew (Kaing Guek Eav, Comrade Duch, 1942-2020) commanded the Khmer Rouge S-21 security prison in Phnom Penh, was the first Khmer Rouge figure convicted at the ECCC tribunal, and died serving a life sentence.
Kangaroo court
A kangaroo court, also known as a kangaroo trial, is a court or tribunal whose bias and disregard for due process make its proceedings fundamentally unfair, a term coined in 1850s America.
Kansas City crime family
Kansas City crime family, also called the Civella clan, a Kansas City, Missouri Italian-American Mafia family born under the Pendergast machine, led by Nick Civella, notorious for Las Vegas casino skimming, now a small remnant reportedly led by John Sciortino.
Kaoru Kobayashi (小林薫) (murderer)
Kaoru Kobayashi (小林薫), 1968-2013, Japanese newspaper delivery worker who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered 7-year-old Kaede Ariyama in Nara on 17 November 2004; death sentence 2006, executed 2013.
Kapil Sibal (कपिल सिब्बल)
Kapil Sibal (कपिल सिब्बल), born 1948 in Jalandhar, is an Indian Senior Advocate and Independent Rajya Sabha MP; former Union minister under Manmohan Singh and thrice-elected Supreme Court Bar Association president.
Kara F. Stoll
Kara F. Stoll, born in 1968, is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 2015, after seventeen years practicing patent litigation.
Kara Westercamp
Kara Marie Westercamp (born 1982, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a U.S. Court of International Trade judge, confirmed 50-48 in July 2026 after DOJ trade litigation and White House tariff counsel service.
Karen E. Schreier
Karen E. Schreier, born in 1956, is a US district judge in South Dakota appointed by President Clinton in 1999 and chief judge from 2006 to 2013.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo
Karen Friedman Agnifilo, American criminal defense lawyer and former Manhattan Chief Assistant District Attorney (2014-2021), now Of Counsel at Agnifilo Intrater LLP and lead defense counsel for Luigi Mangione.
Karen Friedman Hill
Karen Friedman Hill (born 1946), ex-wife of Lucchese associate Henry Hill of Wiseguy and Goodfellas fame; married him in 1965, entered witness protection in 1980, divorced 2002, portrayed by Lorraine Bracco, lives under an alias.
Karen G. Scholer
Karen G. Scholer, also known as Karen Gren Scholer, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 2018.
Karen K. Caldwell
Karen K. Caldwell, born 1956, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2001 to 2022.
Karen L. Henderson
Karen LeCraft Henderson, born 1944, is an American jurist on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1990, appointed by President George H.W. Bush.
Karen M. Williams
Karen M. Williams, also known as Karen McGlashan Williams, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in New Jersey since 2021.