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Rajasthan High Court (राजस्थान उच्च न्यायालय)
Rajasthan High Court (राजस्थान उच्च न्यायालय), the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, principal seat Jodhpur, permanent Jaipur bench since 1977; inaugurated 29 August 1949, sanctioned strength 50 judges, Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal.
Ralph Capone
Ralph "Bottles" Capone (Raffaele James Capone, 1894–1974), older brother of Al Capone, ran the Chicago Outfit's bottling operations, was Public Enemy No. 3, was convicted in 1931, and later lived in Mercer, Wisconsin.
Ralph Menzies
Ralph Leroy Menzies, Utah death row prisoner convicted in 1988 of the 1986 murder of Maurine Hunsaker, elected firing squad execution; dementia competency litigation stayed his 2025 execution, and he died of natural causes in November 2025.
Ralph Molyneux Combe
Sir Ralph Molyneux Combe (1872–1946) was a British colonial jurist, son of Maj.-Gen. James John Coombe, who served as Attorney-General of the East Africa Protectorate and of Nigeria and as Chief Justice of Nigeria 1918–1929, knighted in 1920.
Ralph R. Beistline
Ralph R. Beistline (born 1948) is an American jurist and senior United States district judge for the District of Alaska, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Ralph R. Erickson
Ralph R. Erickson (born 1959) is an American jurist, a senior judge on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals appointed by President Trump in 2017.
Ram Jethmalani (राम बूलचंद जेठमलानी)
Ram Jethmalani (राम बूलचंद जेठमलानी), 1923–2019, Indian criminal lawyer and former Union law minister, defender in the Nanavati, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi assassination, Afzal Guru and black money cases.
Raman Raghav
Raman Raghav (1929–1995), aka Sindhi Talwai or 'Psycho Raman', was an Indian serial killer who bludgeoned homeless victims in 1960s Bombay; arrested 1968, diagnosed schizophrenic, death sentence commuted to life in 1987.
Rambo Bentong murders
Rambo Bentong murders: killings and rapes in Bentong, Pahang, by Rabidin Satir, who murdered Annie Kok Yin Cheng (2009) and Khairul Hazree Jamaludin (2012) and remains on death row after a 2024 review.
Ramón Arellano Félix
Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (1964–2002), Mexican trafficker, enforcer of the Arellano-Félix Organization (Tijuana Cartel); FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive #451 in 1997; killed in a February 2002 Mazatlán shootout, identity confirmed by DNA testing.
Ramon E. Reyes, Jr.
Ramon Ernesto Reyes, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Ramón María de Dalmau y de Olivart
Ramón María de Dalmau y de Olivart (Ramon de Dalmau i d'Olivart) was a Spanish jurist and professor of international law at Barcelona and Madrid.
Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark (William Ramsey Clark), U.S. attorney general 1967–1969 under Lyndon Johnson; also deputy attorney general and Lands Division chief. Later antiwar activist, two-time New York Senate candidate, and defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein, Milosevic, and other controversial clients; died 2021.
Ramush Haradinaj
Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo Albanian politician and former Kosovo Liberation Army commander for the Dukagjin area, born 1968; former Kosovo prime minister twice tried and twice acquitted at the ICTY (case IT-04-84) in 2008 and 2012; led the AAK party for 26 years.
Randall Dale Adams
Randall Dale Adams, American man wrongfully convicted of the 1976 murder of Dallas officer Robert Wood; David Ray Harris was the real killer. Exonerated in 1989 after Errol Morris's film The Thin Blue Line.
Randall Woodfield
Randall Brent Woodfield (born 1950), the I-5 Killer or I-5 Bandit, is a Portland State football player drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1974 who became a serial killer along Interstate 5, sentenced to life plus 90 years.
Randolph D. Moss
Randolph D. Moss, born 1961, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Randy Crane
Randy Crane, born 1965, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas since 2002, appointed by George W. Bush.
Randy Kraft
Randy Steven Kraft, the "Scorecard Killer," is an American serial killer convicted in 1989 of 16 murders of young men in California and sentenced to death; a coded 61-entry list found in his car is believed to tally 67 victims.
Randy Mastro
Randy Mastro is an American litigator and former federal prosecutor who was Deputy Mayor for Operations under Giuliani and First Deputy Mayor under Eric Adams in 2025.
Raner C. Collins
Raner C. Collins, born 1952 in Malvern, Arkansas, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Arizona, appointed by President Clinton in 1998.
Ranjan Gogoi
Ranjan Gogoi (रंजन गोगोई), 46th Chief Justice of India (2018-2019), first from northeast India; Ayodhya and RTI rulings, 2018 judges' press conference, 2019 harassment inquiry, Rajya Sabha nomination 2020.
Ranjit Cheema
Ranjit Cheema, also identified as Ranjit Singh Cheema, was a Canadian organized-crime figure based in Vancouver. He pleaded guilty in the United States in 2008 to involvement in an international drug-smuggling operation,.
Rankin County torture incident
Rankin County torture incident: January 24, 2023 raid in Braxton, Mississippi, where six white "Goon Squad" officers tortured Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker without a warrant, shot Jenkins in the mouth, and got 10 to 40 year sentences.
Ransey G. Cole, Jr.
Ransey G. Cole, Jr., also known as Ransey Guy Cole, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ransom
A ransom is money or other consideration paid or demanded for freeing a kidnapped person or recovering stolen property, from medieval war captives to modern ransomware extortion.
Rape
Rape is a crime in which a person is subjected to a sexual act without their consent, whether through physical force, threats, incapacitation, or coercion.
Rape by deception
Rape by deception, also called rape by fraud or sex by deception, is sex obtained through lies or non-disclosure that vitiates consent. Covers fraud in factum versus inducement, Lawrance, CPS guidance, US, Canadian, Israeli, and Indian law, and stealthing.
Rape by gender
Rape by gender covers how rape law and statistics treat victims and perpetrators by gender: gender-specific versus gender-neutral statutes, consent-based reforms, CDC NISVS rape and made-to-penetrate definitions, and prevalence and reporting differences for women and men.
Rape culture
Rape culture, a feminist concept from 1970s America (New York Radical Feminists, Susan Brownmiller), describes societies normalizing sexual violence; covers rape myths, cross-cultural evidence, prevalence data, prevention programs, and criticism.