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Sandra S. Beckwith
Sandra S. Beckwith, born Sandra Shank Beckwith, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of Ohio, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Sanford B. Dole
Sanford Ballard Dole (1844–1926) was a Hawaiian-born lawyer and judge who led the 1893 overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani and became the first governor of Hawaii Territory.
Sanhedrin trial of Jesus
The Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, also called the trial before the Great Sanhedrin or synedrion, is the Gospel episode in which the Jerusalem council interrogated Jesus for blasphemy before sending him to Pilate; its form, legality, and even occurrence are disputed.
Sanity
Sanity: soundness of mind; in law, a defendant's criminal responsibility at the time of an offense, tested by standards from the 1724 wild-beast rule to M'Naghten and the 1984 federal reform act.
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma (born 1964), Indian High Court judge on the Rajasthan, Patna, and Punjab and Haryana High Courts; Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan from September 2025 to his retirement on 26 September 2026, amid a 2026 controversy with Supreme Court Justice Sandeep Mehta.
Sanjeev Sachdeva (संजीव सचदेवा)
Sanjeev Sachdeva (संजीव सचदेवा), Indian judge born 1964; Delhi High Court judge 2013-2024, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court from July 2025, elevated to the Supreme Court of India on 2 June 2026.
Sanket J. Bulsara
Sanket J. Bulsara, born 1976, is an American judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President Biden in 2024.
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., 118 U.S. 394 (1886): Supreme Court railroad fence tax case, famous for a Reporter's headnote asserting corporate personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Sante Kimes
Sante Kimes (Sante Singhrs, "the Dragon Lady"), American con artist and murderer who with son Kenneth killed Irene Silverman in 1998 to steal her Manhattan townhouse and murdered David Kazdin; convicted on circumstantial evidence, died in prison 2014.
Santo Trafficante Jr.
Santo Trafficante Jr. (1914-1987), "The Silent Don," was the Tampa Mafia boss who ran Havana casinos under Batista, joined CIA plots to kill Castro, and was questioned in the JFK assassination without conviction.
Sanyika Shakur
Sanyika Shakur, born Kody Scott, also known as Monster Kody, was an American author and former Eight Tray Gangster Crips member; his 1993 prison-written memoir Monster became a bestseller and he later joined the New Afrikan Independence Movement.
Saqr ibn Yahya al-Kilabi
Saqr ibn Yahya al-Kilabi, also known as Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad, was a Shafi'i jurist and mufti of Aleppo who died in 1255 at the age of ninety-four.
Sara E. Hill
Sara E. Hill, also known as Sara Elizabeth Hill, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 2024.
Sara E. Lioi
Sara Elizabeth Lioi, born 1960, is an American district judge for the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by George W. Bush and chief judge since 2023.
Sara Jane Moore
Sara Jane Moore, also known as Sara Jane Kahn, was an American would-be assassin who fired two shots at President Gerald Ford in San Francisco in 1975.
Sara Jane Olson
Sara Jane Olson, born Kathleen Ann Soliah, former Symbionese Liberation Army member and 25-year fugitive; pleaded guilty to the 1975 LAPD car-bombing attempt and to the 1975 Myrna Opsahl murder; sentenced, then won and lost sentence-reduction litigation.
Sara L. Darrow
Sara L. Darrow, born Sara Lynn Darrow, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of Illinois since 2011.
Sara L. Ellis
Sara L. Ellis, also known as Sara Lee Ellis, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2013.
Sarabjit Singh
Sarabjit Singh, Indian farmer from Bhikhiwind, Punjab; held 22 years on death row in Pakistan as suspected spy 'Manjit Singh'; died May 2, 2013 after a Lahore jail assault.
Sarah A. L. Merriam
Sarah A. L. Merriam, born Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam in 1971, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2022.
Sarah Balabagan
Sarah Balabagan, Filipina domestic worker, killed her employer Almas Mohammed al-Baloushi in Al Ain, UAE, in July 1994, claiming self-defense during a rape. Sentenced to seven years, then death, then one year and 100 lashes; released July 1996.
Sarah D. Morrison
Sarah Daggett Morrison is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio since 2019, and its chief judge since 2024.
Sarah E. Barker
Sarah E. Barker, born Sarah Evans Barker in 1943, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Indiana.
Sarah E. Geraghty
Sarah E. Geraghty, born Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty in 1974, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia since 2022.
Sarah E. Pitlyk
Sarah E. Pitlyk, born Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk in 1977, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2019.
Sarah F. Russell
Sarah F. Russell, born in 1976 in Boston, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Connecticut since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good (Sarah Solart, 1653-1692), Salem Village beggar, was among the first three accused in the Salem witch trials, examined March 1, 1692, convicted on spectral evidence, and hanged July 19, 1692, refusing to confess.
Sarah Jo Pender
Sarah Jo Pender (born 1979) is an American woman serving 110 years in Indiana for the 2000 shotgun killings of her two roommates in Indianapolis.
Sarah M. Davenport
Sarah M. Davenport, also known as Sarah Morgan Davenport, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Mexico since 2025.
Sarah S. Vance
Sarah S. Vance, born 1950, is an American jurist serving as a senior US district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.