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Kenly Kiya Kato

Kenly Kiya Kato (born 1972, Los Angeles) is a U.S. district judge for the Central District of California, confirmed November 7, 2023, after serving as a magistrate judge there since 2014; former federal public defender and solo practitioner.

Kenneth A. Marra

Kenneth A. Marra, born 1951, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in the Southern District of Florida, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.

Kenneth Bianchi

Kenneth Bianchi is an American serial killer who, with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr., committed the Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles in 1977 and 1978.

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke, also known as Ken Clarke, is a British Conservative politician who served as MP for Rushcliffe from 1970 to 2019 and held three great offices of state.

Kenneth D. Bell, Sr.

Kenneth D. Bell, Sr., also known as Kenneth Davis Bell, Sr., is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in North Carolina since 2019.

Kenneth F. Ripple

Kenneth F. Ripple, also known as Kenneth Francis Ripple, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Kenneth Feinberg

Kenneth Feinberg, American attorney and mediator, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (2001-2004, over $7 billion distributed), later administrator of the BP oil spill, Virginia Tech, Boston Marathon, GM, and Boeing victim funds.

Kenneth J. Gonzales

Kenneth J. Gonzales, also known as Kenneth John Gonzales, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in New Mexico since 2013, appointed by Barack Obama.

Kenneth K. Lee

Kenneth K. Lee, also known as Kenneth Kiyul Lee, is an American jurist serving as a federal appeals judge on the Ninth Circuit since 2019, appointed by President Trump.

Kenneth Law

Kenneth Law, Mississauga, Ontario former chef and engineer, sold sodium nitrite online via sites like Imtime Cuisine; pleaded guilty May 29, 2026 to 14 counts of aiding suicide, murder charges withdrawn.

Kenneth M. Hoyt

Kenneth M. Hoyt, born in Texas in 1948, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of Texas, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.

Kenneth M. Karas

Kenneth M. Karas (born 1964) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2004.

Kenneth McDuff

Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Broomstick Killer, was a Texas serial killer sentenced to death for a 1966 triple murder, commuted, paroled in 1989 amid prison overcrowding, murdered more women, and was executed in 1998.

Kenneth McGriff

Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff, Queens drug kingpin and founder of the Supreme Team gang based at the Baisley Park Houses; convicted in 2007 of racketeering, two murder-for-hire killings, and narcotics trafficking, sentenced to life without parole.

Kenneth Noye

Kenneth Noye (born 1947), English criminal and gold fence in the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery; acquitted of killing DC John Fordham in 1985, jailed for handling the gold, and convicted in 2000 of murdering Stephen Cameron on the M25; released 2019.

Kenneth Parnell

Kenneth Eugene Parnell (1931-2008), American child molester and kidnapper who abducted Steven Stayner in Merced, California in 1972, held him seven years as "Dennis Parnell," kidnapped Timmy White in 1980, and died in prison after a three-strikes conviction.

Kent J. Dawson

Kent J. Dawson, born in 1944 in Ogden, Utah, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Nevada, appointed by President Clinton in 2000.

Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, formally the High Court of Kerala, is the High Court of the Indian state of Kerala, seated at Kochi and established in 1956.

Kerala Motor Vehicles Department

Kerala Motor Vehicles Department (MVD): Kerala state agency, formed 1958, enforcing the Motor Vehicles Act 1988; handles registration, licenses, permits, road tax, and enforcement via VAHAN, SARATHI, and Virtual Check Post systems.

Kermit Gosnell

Kermit Barron Gosnell was an American former abortion provider sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for murdering three babies delivered alive at his West Philadelphia clinic.

Kermit V. Lipez

Kermit V. Lipez, also known as Kermit Victor Lipez, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the First Circuit since 2011, appointed by President Clinton in 1998.

Kern County child abuse cases

Kern County child abuse cases: 1980s Bakersfield child molestation "ring" prosecutions led by DA Ed Jagels, built on coercive child interviews; most convictions reversed, defendants exonerated, county later paid settlements.

Kerri Rawson

Kerri Rawson (born 1978), daughter of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, learned of his 2005 arrest at her door, wrote the 2019 memoir A Serial Killer's Daughter, and advocates for offenders' families.

Kerry Kennedy

Kerry Kennedy (born 1959), seventh child of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, is an American human rights lawyer and author who led the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center as president from the 2000s until December 31, 2026, founding Speak Truth to Power and leading rights delegations worldwide.

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, the Fundamental Rights Case, is a 1973 Supreme Court of India decision holding that Parliament's amendments cannot alter the Constitution's basic structure.

Kesha v. Dr. Luke

Kesha v. Dr. Luke (Gottwald v. Sebert): 2014-2023 New York defamation and contract litigation between singer Kesha and producer Lukasz Gottwald, ending in the June 13, 2023 Court of Appeals limited-public-figure ruling and a June 22, 2023 settlement.

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson, born 1970, is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, confirmed 53-47 on April 7, 2022, as the first Black woman justice and first former public defender, succeeding Stephen Breyer.

Ketubah

Ketubah (כְּתוּבָּה), the Jewish marriage contract: an Aramaic legal document witnessed at weddings, guaranteeing the wife support and a settlement secured by a lien on the husband's property; codified in the first century CE, earliest surviving example circa 440 BCE.

Kevin C. Newsom

Kevin C. Newsom, born 1972 in Birmingham, Alabama, is a United States circuit judge on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017.

Kevin Cooper (prisoner)

Kevin Cooper is an American prisoner sentenced to death in 1985 for the murders of Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their daughter Jessica, and Christopher Hughes in San Bernardino County, California. He has.