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Ricardo López (stalker)
Ricardo López, the Björk stalker, Uruguayan-born pest control worker born 1975 in Montevideo; mailed a sulfuric acid letter bomb to Björk's London home in September 1996, filmed a 22-hour video diary, and died by suicide on camera; the bomb was intercepted.
Ricardo S. Martinez
Ricardo S. Martinez, born 1951 in Mercedes, Texas, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, appointed by George W. Bush in 2004.
Rich Porter
Rich Porter, born 1965, was a Harlem crack dealer of the 1980s, known as 'Money Rich'; murdered January 3, 1990 while negotiating his kidnapped brother's ransom; basis for Mitch in Paid in Full.
Richard A. Griffin
Richard Allen Griffin, born in 1952 in Traverse City, Michigan, is a United States circuit judge of the Sixth Circuit, appointed by George W. Bush in 2005.
Richard A. Jones
Richard A. Jones, born 1950 in Seattle, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Richard A. Lazzara
Richard A. Lazzara, born 1945 in Tampa, Florida, is a senior United States district judge of the Middle District of Florida, appointed by President Clinton in 1997.
Richard A. Paez
Richard A. Paez, born 1947 in Salt Lake City, is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appointed by President Clinton.
Richard A. Schell
Richard A. Schell (born 1950) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Texas since 1988, appointed by President Ronald Reagan and chief judge from 1994 to 2001.
Richard Allen Davis
Richard Allen Davis (born 1954), California career criminal who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Polly Klaas in Petaluma in 1993; convicted 1996, sentenced to death; case spurred California's three-strikes law.
Richard B. Jackson
Richard B. Jackson, also known as Richard Brooke Jackson, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Colorado since 2021.
Richard Beasley (serial killer)
Richard James Beasley, the Ohio "Craigslist Killer," lured unemployed men with a fake $300-a-week farmhand job ad in 2011 and, with teen accomplice Brogan Rafferty, killed three men and wounded one; he received three death sentences in 2013.
Richard Brandon
Richard Brandon (died 20 June 1649) was London's common hangman, son of Gregory Brandon, and the traditional executioner of Charles I; he also beheaded Strafford and Laud, and his identification rests on contested 1649 pamphlets.
Richard C. Tallman
Richard C. Tallman, born 1953, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2018.
Richard C. Wesley
Richard C. Wesley, born 1949, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2016.
Richard Chase
Richard Trenton Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento" or "Dracula Killer," murdered six people in Sacramento, California, December 1977 to January 1978, drank victims' blood, was found sane at trial, sentenced to death, and died by suicide at San Quentin in 1980.
Richard Cottingham
Richard F. Cottingham, the 'Torso Killer' or 'Times Square Killer' (born 1946), an American serial killer active in New York and New Jersey from the 1960s to 1980; convicted of 11 homicides, later confessed to many more, claiming up to 100 victims.
Richard D. Bennett
Richard D. Bennett, born 1947 in Baltimore, is a senior United States district judge for the District of Maryland, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
Richard E. Myers II
Richard E. Myers II, also known as Richard Ernest Myers, II, is an American jurist serving as a district judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina since 2019.
Richard E. N. Federico
Richard Edward Neel Federico is an American jurist serving as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Richard Epstein
Richard A. Epstein, American legal scholar; University of Chicago and NYU law professor, Hoover fellow; author of Takings (1985), Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995), and The Classical Liberal Constitution (2014), third most cited US legal scholar 2009-2013.
Richard Evonitz
Richard Marc Evonitz (1963–2002) was an American serial killer who murdered three girls in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1996–1997; identified in 2002 after Kara Robinson escaped his South Carolina abduction, he died by suicide and was never tried.
Richard F. Boulware II
Richard F. Boulware II, born 1968, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Nevada since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Richard F. Suhrheinrich
Richard F. Suhrheinrich is an American jurist and senior judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
Richard G. Andrews
Richard G. Andrews, born Richard Gibson Andrews in 1955, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Delaware since 2011.
Richard G. Seeborg
Richard G. Seeborg, born in 1956, is an American district judge for the Northern District of California, appointed by President Obama in 2010 and serving as chief judge from 2021 to 2026.
Richard G. Stearns
Richard Gaylore Stearns, born in 1944, is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1993.
Richard G. Taranto
Richard Gary Taranto, born in 1957, is an American judge on the Federal Circuit court of appeals since 2013 who earlier argued 19 Supreme Court cases as a patent lawyer.
Richard Glossip
Richard Glossip, Oklahoma death row prisoner twice convicted of arranging the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese on Justin Sneed's testimony; conviction overturned by the Supreme Court in Glossip v. Oklahoma (2025), released on bail May 2026, retrial pending.
Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, German carpenter in the Bronx, convicted 1935 and executed 1936 for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder; evidence included ransom money, handwriting, and ladder wood, with guilt still debated.
Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer
Richard Hermer, Baron Hermer: British barrister, Labour life peer, and Attorney General for England and Wales from 5 July 2024 to 20 July 2026; former head of Matrix Chambers, silk 2009, Doughty Street alumnus.