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Robert J. White (judge)
Robert Jerome White, born 1985, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2024, previously a federal prosecutor handling organized crime and digital assets.
Robert John Bardo
Robert John Bardo (born 1970), Tucson man serving life without parole for the 1989 murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer; his DMV-enabled stalking spurred the 1994 Driver's Privacy Protection Act and anti-stalking laws.
Robert Kardashian
Robert George Kardashian (1944-2003) was an Armenian-American attorney and businessman, O.J. Simpson's friend and Dream Team defense lawyer in the 1995 murder trial, ex-husband of Kris Jenner, and father of Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian.
Robert Katzmann
Robert A. Katzmann (1953-2021), American jurist and political scientist, Second Circuit federal judge and chief judge 2013-2020; founder of Justice for All civics program, Immigrant Justice Corps, and author of Judging Statutes.
Robert L. Hinkle
Robert Lewis Hinkle is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Florida appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Robert L. Miller, Jr., also known as Robert Lowell Miller, Jr., is an American jurist appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 to the Northern District of Indiana.
Robert L. Pitman
Robert L. Pitman (born 1962, Fort Worth) is a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Texas, appointed by Obama in 2014; former U.S. attorney and magistrate judge known for blocking Texas SB 8.
Robert L. Wilkins
Robert Leon Wilkins (born 1963) is an American jurist serving as a US circuit judge on the DC Circuit since 2014, appointed by Obama, after serving as a district judge.
Robert Latimer
Robert Latimer, Saskatchewan farmer convicted twice of second-degree murder for the 1993 carbon monoxide killing of his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy; Supreme Court of Canada 2001 upheld mandatory life sentence, necessity defence rejected.
Robert Lee Yates
Robert Lee Yates Jr. is an American serial killer who murdered victims in Washington from 1975 to 1998, pleading guilty to 13 murders in 2000.
Robert Leroy Anderson
Robert Leroy Anderson, the Duct Tape Killer (born 1970), was a South Dakota serial killer who kidnapped and murdered Larisa Dumansky (1994) and Piper Streyle (1996), was sentenced to death in 1999, and died by suicide in prison on March 30, 2003.
Robert Lighthizer
Robert Lighthizer (born 1947, Ashtabula, Ohio) is an American trade lawyer, Reagan-era Deputy USTR, and 18th U.S. Trade Representative (2017-2021) who led the China Section 301 tariffs, the Phase One negotiation, and USMCA, and wrote No Trade Is Free (2023).
Robert M. Dow, Jr.
Robert M. Dow, Jr., also known as Robert Michael Dow, Jr., is an American district judge in Illinois appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Robert Maudsley
Robert Maudsley (born 1953), nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal", is an English quadruple killer and Britain's longest-serving prisoner, held in continuous solitary confinement since 1978, mostly in a special glass cell, surpassing Albert Woodfox's 43-year record.
Robert Mueller
Robert S. Mueller III (1944-2026), American prosecutor, sixth FBI Director (September 4, 2001 to September 4, 2013, the second longest tenure) and Special Counsel for the 2017-2019 Russia investigation whose 448-page report found no established conspiracy but did not exonerate Trump on obstruction.
Robert N. Chatigny
Robert N. Chatigny, born 1951, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Connecticut, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
Robert N. Scola, Jr.
Robert N. Scola, Jr., also known as Robert Nichols Scola, Jr., is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge in Florida from 2011 until 2025.
Robert Napper
Robert Napper (born 1966) is a British serial rapist and triple killer who murdered Rachel Nickell (1992) and Samantha and Jazmine Bissett (1993), was held at Broadmoor, and admitted Nickell's manslaughter by diminished responsibility in 2008 after a DNA match.
Robert P. Chamberlin
Robert P. Chamberlin, also known as Robert Porter Chamberlin, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi since 2025.
Robert Percy Smith
Robert Percy Smith ('Bobus' Smith, 1770–1845), British lawyer, brother of Sydney Smith, Advocate-General of Bengal 1803–1810, MP for Grantham and Lincoln, and credited author of the 1813 Charter Act clause funding Indian education.
Robert Pickton
Robert William "Willie" Pickton, Canadian serial killer and Port Coquitlam pig farmer, convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder, charged with 26 murders, died May 31, 2024 after a prison assault at Port-Cartier Institution.
Robert R. Summerhays
Robert Rees Summerhays is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 2018, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Róbert Ragnar Spanó
Róbert Ragnar Spanó (Robert R Spano) is an Icelandic jurist who served as a judge and President of the European Court of Human Rights from 2020 to 2022.
Robert Rinder
Robert Rinder, known as Judge Rinder, is a British criminal barrister specialising in international fraud and financial crime, host of the ITV reality courtroom show Judge Rinder since 2014, MBE recipient, novelist, and regular Good Morning Britain presenter.
Robert Roberson case
Robert Roberson case: Texas death row inmate Robert Leslie Roberson III, convicted of capital murder in 2003 for his daughter Nikki's death based on shaken baby syndrome, whose execution has been stayed three times amid disputed science.
Robert S. Huie
Robert Steven Huie, born 1976 in Albany, Georgia, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of California since 2022.
Robert S. Lasnik
Robert S. Lasnik, born 1951 in Staten Island, New York, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, appointed by President Clinton in 1998 and chief judge from 2004 to 2011.
Robert Sandifer
Robert 'Yummy' Sandifer (1982-1994) was an 11-year-old Black Disciples gang member in Chicago's Roseland who killed 14-year-old Shavon Dean on August 28, 1994, and was executed by his own gang three days later.
Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman (1886–1963), French statesman for Moselle and foreign minister 1948–1953, presented the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 founding the ECSC; first President of the European Parliamentary Assembly.
Robert Shapiro (lawyer)
Robert Leslie Shapiro (born 1942) is a Los Angeles defense attorney, O.J. Simpson "Dream Team" member, LegalZoom cofounder, and founder of the Brent Shapiro Foundation; not the NY or DC lawyer of the same name.