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Ripper Crew
Ripper Crew, or Chicago Rippers: four-man satanic serial-killing group (Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis) that abducted, mutilated, and murdered up to 20 women in Chicago, 1981-1982.
Risk terrain modeling
Risk terrain modeling (RTM) is a spatial analysis method that combines map layers of environmental risk factors to forecast where crime or other adverse events will occur.
Rita Crundwell
Rita Crundwell, Dixon, Illinois comptroller and treasurer 1983-2012, embezzled about $53.7 million via a secret RSCDA account and fake invoices; sentenced to 235 months, released after Biden's 2024 commutation.
Rita F. Lin
Rita Faye Lin is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
River basin management
River basin management, in its integrated form known as IRBM, governs water, land, and related resources across a whole river basin; the EU's 2000 Water Framework Directive made such plans obligatory for member states.
Riverton Prize
The Riverton Prize (Rivertonprisen), formally "Den gylne revolver" ("The Golden Revolver"), is an annual Norwegian award for the year's best crime fiction work, presented since 1973.
Rivonia Trial
Rivonia Trial (State vs Mandela and others), 1963-1964 Pretoria sabotage trial of ten ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe leaders after the Liliesleaf Farm raid; eight, including Nelson Mandela, got life imprisonment; Mandela's 'prepared to die' dock statement made it a landmark.
Rizzuto crime family
Rizzuto crime family, Montreal Sicilian Mafia clan founded by Nicolo Rizzuto of Cattolica Eraclea and led by Vito Rizzuto; Bonanno-linked, dominant in Quebec until the 2009–2013 war, Project Colisée, and Vito's 2013 death.
Rob Bonta
Rob Bonta is an American politician and attorney who has served as California's Attorney General since 2021, previously serving over eight years in the State Assembly.
Robbery
Robbery is the taking of property from a person, or in their presence, by force or threat of force, a violent felony distinct from theft and burglary. Covers common law elements, Theft Act 1968, Hobbs Act, Stokeling, and US FBI/NCVS robbery statistics.
Robert A. Edgar
Robert Allan Edgar, born 1940, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge in Tennessee from 1985 to 2005, appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Robert A. Kirsch
Robert A. Kirsch (Robert Andrew Kirsch), born 1966, is an American retired jurist who served as a federal district judge in New Jersey from 2023 to 2026.
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), Ohio senator 1939-1953 nicknamed Mr. Republican, son of President William Howard Taft; coauthor of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, three-time Republican presidential contender, and Senate majority leader who died in office in July 1953.
Robert Alton Harris
Robert Alton Harris, executed April 21, 1992 in San Quentin's gas chamber, was California's first execution in 25 years, for the 1978 kidnapping and murder of two San Diego teenagers; four federal stays and a Supreme Court order marked the case.
Robert Anderson (sex offender)
Robert Anderson (sex offender) covers several unrelated men: Robert S. Anderson (federal enticement, 7th Cir. 2024), Dr. Robert Anderson (University of Michigan, $490M settlement), plus offenders in Indiana, Northern Ireland, California, and Oklahoma.
Robert B. Harwell
Robert Bryan Harwell is a senior United States district judge for the District of South Carolina, appointed by George W. Bush in 2004 and chief judge from 2019 to 2024.
Robert B. King
Robert B. King, also known as Robert Bruce King, is an American federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998, appointed by President Clinton.
Robert B. Maloney
Robert B. Maloney, born 1933, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Robert Ben Rhoades
Robert Ben Rhoades, also known as "The Truck Stop Killer," is an American serial killer and former long-haul truck driver who built a torture chamber into his truck's sleeper cab.
Robert Berdella
Robert Berdella (1949–1992), the Kansas City Butcher, was an American serial killer who tortured and murdered at least six men, 1984–1987, at his Charlotte Street home; caught April 1988 after a victim escaped, he received two life sentences and died in prison.
Robert Bilott
Robert Bilott, American environmental lawyer at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, whose DuPont PFOA litigation (Tennant case, C8 Science Panel, $670.7M settlement) inspired Dark Waters.
Robert Black (serial killer)
Robert Black (1947–2016), Scottish serial child killer and paedophile, a delivery driver who murdered Susan Maxwell, Caroline Hogg, Sarah Harper, and Jennifer Cardy, caught in 1990 at Stow, died in Maghaberry Prison.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork (1927-2012), American jurist and Yale antitrust scholar, was Solicitor General, acting Attorney General in the Saturday Night Massacre, D.C. Circuit judge, and author of The Antitrust Paradox; his 1987 Supreme Court nomination was rejected 58-42, spawning "borking."
Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination
Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination: Reagan's July 1, 1987 nomination of D.C. Circuit judge Robert Bork to replace Lewis Powell; rejected by the Senate 58-42 on October 23, 1987 after contentious hearings, with Anthony Kennedy eventually filling the seat.
Robert Buckland
Robert Buckland KC (born 1968, Llanelli) is a British Conservative barrister and former MP for South Swindon (2010–2024) who served as Solicitor General 2014–2019, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary 2019–2021, and Welsh Secretary in 2022.
Robert C. Brack
Robert C. Brack (born 1953) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the District of New Mexico, appointed by George W. Bush in 2003.
Robert C. Chambers
Robert C. Chambers, born 1952, is an American jurist serving as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of West Virginia since 1997, and was chief judge from 2012 to 2017.
Robert C. Jones
Robert C. Jones, also known as Robert Clive Jones, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Nevada since 2016.
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert C. O'Brien (born 1966), American lawyer and diplomat, 27th U.S. National Security Advisor 2019–2021 and hostage-affairs envoy 2018–2019; distinct from the novelist Robert C. O'Brien and the Irish company director.
Robert Chambers (criminal)
Robert Chambers, the "Preppy Killer," an American convicted of strangling Jennifer Levin, 18, in Central Park in August 1986; pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1988, served 15 years, later 19 years for cocaine sales, released July 2023.