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Mustafa T. Kasubhai
Mustafa T. Kasubhai (born 1970) is a U.S. district judge for the District of Oregon (2024), formerly a magistrate judge (2018-2024) and Lane County Circuit Court judge; first Muslim American federal judge and third Muslim lifetime district judge.
Muthappa Rai (ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ ರೈ)
Muthappa Rai (ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ ರೈ), Nettala Muthappa Rai, was a Bengaluru underworld don, later realtor and founder of Jaya Karnataka; deported from Dubai in 2002, acquitted in over a dozen cases, died of brain cancer 15 May 2020 aged 68.
Mutilation
Mutilation, or mayhem at common law, is the crime of violently and intentionally inflicting permanent disfigurement or loss of a limb, organ, or member; also an ICC war crime and a historical form of corporal punishment.
Mutual combat
Mutual combat is a fight both parties enter by agreement. In US law it usually defeats self-defense claims; Texas gives consent a statutory assault defense, and Seattle has a city ordinance.
Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–Philippines)
The 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty binds the United States and the Philippines to respond to armed attacks in the Pacific, including the South China Sea, under Articles IV and V; it survived the 1992 U.S. base withdrawal and anchors Balikatan exercises and EDCA access.
Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–South Korea)
The U.S.–ROK Mutual Defense Treaty, signed October 1, 1953, and in force November 17, 1954, binds the United States and South Korea to mutual defense, hosts 28,500 U.S. troops, and underpins extended nuclear deterrence, including the 2023 Nuclear Consultative Group.
Mutual legal assistance treaty
Mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT), a bilateral or multilateral agreement obliging states to assist each other's criminal investigations and prosecutions by obtaining evidence, testimony, records, and asset measures abroad, distinct from discretionary letters rogatory.
Mutulu Shakur
Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Williams, 1950) was a Black liberation activist, acupuncturist, and Tupac Shakur's stepfather; convicted under RICO in 1988, sentenced to 60 years, denied parole and compassionate release, and died of bone marrow cancer in 2023.
My Favorite Murder
My Favorite Murder is an American true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark since January 2016, whose fans are known as Murderinos.
Mylapore Siva
Mylapore Siva (Sivakumar, மயிலாப்பூர் சிவக்குமார்) was an 'A Plus' category Chennai gangster from Mylapore, main accused in the 1997 Thottam Sekar murder, arrested 2019 and 2020, and murdered in Ashok Nagar in March 2021.
Myong J. Joun
Myong J. Joun, also known as Myong Jin Joun, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Massachusetts since 2023, after nine years on the Boston Municipal Court.
Myrna Pérez
Myrna Pérez, born 1974 in San Antonio, Texas, is a US circuit judge on the Second Circuit since 2021, appointed by President Biden after fifteen years leading voting rights work at the Brennan Center.
Myron H. Thompson
Myron H. Thompson, born Myron Herbert Thompson, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Alabama since 2013.
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction, also called detective fiction, is a popular literary genre in which a crime is solved by an investigator through observation and reasoning. Originating with Poe's 1841 Dupin stories, it spans subgenres including cozy, hard-boiled, police procedural, and locked-room mysteries.
Mystery film
A mystery film, also called a mystery movie, is a film driven by a central question, with clues revealed gradually as an investigation unfolds toward an answer.
Myuran Sukumaran
Myuran Sukumaran (1981-2015), Australian Bali Nine ringleader sentenced to death in Bali in 2006 for organizing an 8.3 kg heroin smuggling plot, became a painter on death row and was executed by firing squad on Nusakambangan in 2015.
N. Randy Smith
N. Randy Smith, born Norman Randy Smith in 1949, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
N. V. Ramana (నూతలపాటి వెంకట రమణ)
N. V. Ramana (నూతలపాటి వెంకట రమణ), Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Indian jurist and 48th Chief Justice of India, sworn in 24 April 2021, retired 26 August 2022; formerly Supreme Court judge from 2014 and Delhi High Court Chief Justice.
Nader Sadaqa
Nader Sadaqa (نادر صدقة), born 1977 on Mount Gerizim, Nablus, is a Samaritan Palestinian who commanded the PFLP's Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, received six life sentences, and was the only Samaritan in Israeli prisons until his October 2025 release.
Nagao Ariga
Nagao Ariga (有賀長雄, 1860–1921) was a Japanese jurist and historian, a pioneer of international law in Meiji Japan and legal advisor to Yuan Shikai from 1913.
Nagasaki foreign settlement
The Nagasaki foreign settlement (長崎外国人居留地) was the district of the port of Nagasaki, Japan, where foreign residents lived and traded from 1859 to 1899, under the Ansei treaties.
Nagoya Protocol
The Nagoya Protocol, adopted in Nagoya, Japan, in 2010 and in force since 2014, requires fair sharing of benefits from using genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, with 143 parties.
Nahir Galarza case
Nahir Galarza case: Argentine life sentence for Nahir Mariana Galarza, convicted 3 July 2018 of killing boyfriend Fernando Pastorizzo in Gualeguaychú on 29 December 2017; youngest woman given life in Argentina, now under review.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (born 1977, Rif, Morocco) is a French Socialist politician, Hollande-era Minister of Women's Rights and government spokesperson (2012–2014) and Minister of National Education (2014–2017), later ONE France director and France terre d'asile president.
Naked City (TV series)
Naked City (1958–1963) was an ABC police drama from Screen Gems, inspired by the 1948 film, filmed on New York locations, famous for the 'eight million stories' narration and its character-driven hour-long revival with Paul Burke.
Named-place treaty families and disambiguation
A named-place treaty family is the set of distinct international agreements sharing a title taken from their host city, like the many Treaties of Paris, disambiguated by year of signature.
Nanavati-Mehta Commission
Nanavati-Mehta Commission, also called Nanavati-Shah Commission, Gujarat government inquiry (2002-2014) into the Godhra Sabarmati Express train burning and 2002 riots; final report cleared Modi and called the fire a conspiracy.
Nancy D. Freudenthal
Nancy D. Freudenthal, also known as Nancy Dell Freudenthal, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Wyoming, appointed by President Obama in 2010.
Nancy E. Brasel
Nancy Ellen Brasel, born 1969 in England, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Minnesota since 2018.
Nancy G. Abudu
Nancy G. Abudu, also known as Nancy Gbana Abudu, is an American jurist serving as a federal appeals judge since 2023, appointed by President Biden after a voting rights career.