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Sherilyn P. Garnett
Sherilyn P. Garnett, born Sherilyn Peace Garnett in 1969, is an American judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2022.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act (Act of July 2, 1890, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is the first U.S. federal antitrust statute, outlawing restraints of trade and monopolization in interstate and foreign commerce, enforced by DOJ and FTC under the Rule of Reason.
Sherri A. Lydon
Sherri A. Lydon, born Sherri Allen Lydon in 1962 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a United States district judge since 2019 who previously served as United States attorney.
Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax
Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax: 2016 staged disappearance of a Redding, California woman, also known as the Perfect Wife case. She hid with ex-boyfriend James Reyes for 22 days, claimed two Hispanic women abducted her, and was sentenced in 2022 to 18 months for mail fraud and false statements.
Sheryl H. Lipman
Sheryl H. Lipman, born in 1963, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Tennessee since 2014 and chief judge since 2023.
Shigi Qutuqu
Shigi Qutuqu (Шиги Хутаг, c. 1180–1260) was a Tatar-born chief judge of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan, known for recording legal decisions in the blue books.
Shire Hall
Shire Hall: traditional name for a county courthouse and civic building in English and Welsh county towns, covering notable examples at Hertford, Hereford, Woodbridge, Chelmsford, Monmouth, and Shrewsbury.
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi (شیرین عبادی) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on democracy and the rights of women and children.
Shomrim (שומרים) (neighborhood watch group)
Shomrim (שומרים, "guardians") are volunteer neighborhood watch groups patrolling Orthodox Jewish communities in New York, London, Baltimore, and Toronto; first patrols founded in 1970s New York, with Williamsburg Shomrim founded 1977 by Rabbi Moshe Huffman.
Shooting of Daniel Shaver
The shooting of Daniel Shaver, also known as the killing of Daniel Shaver, was the 2016 fatal police shooting of an unarmed 26-year-old Texan by an officer in Mesa, Arizona.
Shooting of David Ortiz
Shooting of David Ortiz: June 9, 2019 attack at Dial Bar and Lounge, Santo Domingo, that wounded the retired Red Sox slugger and Jhoel López; officially a mistaken-identity hit, later linked by a private investigation to Cesar Peralta.
Shooting of Liz Barraza
Unsolved January 25, 2019 shooting of 29-year-old Liz Barraza, killed in her Tomball, Texas driveway while setting up a garage sale; investigated as a possible murder-for-hire with a black Nissan Frontier suspect vehicle and no arrests as of 2025–2026.
Shooting of Mima Alicia
Killing of Alicia "Mima Alicia" Lipata, 24-year-old Filipino pro-Marcos political vlogger, shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Caloocan on July 17, 2026; two suspects arrested July 23 in Pampanga, motive linked to an 8-million-peso debt.
Shoplifting
Shoplifting is theft of merchandise from a retail store by a posing customer, also called retail customer theft. Lifetime prevalence about 10% of US adults; made a hanging offence in England by the 1699 Shoplifting Act; largely undetected, with about 2% of shoplifters arrested.
Shouting fire in a crowded theater
Shouting fire in a crowded theater: phrase from Holmes's 1919 Schenck v. United States dictum, originally "falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic"; its clear and present danger test was replaced by Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969).
Show trial
Show trial: a public political trial staged for propaganda, with predetermined outcomes and coerced confessions; term from 1920s Soviet Russia, exemplified by the Moscow trials of 1936-1938 and Cold War Eastern Bloc proceedings.
Shower Posse
The Shower Posse is a JLP-aligned Jamaican organized crime group from Tivoli Gardens, formed around 1980 in New York, led by the Coke family, blamed for over 1,600 murders, and weakened after Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's 2010 extradition.
Shree Chandrashekhar (श्री चंद्रशेखर)
Shree Chandrashekhar (श्री चंद्रशेखर), born 1965 in Ranchi, is a Supreme Court of India judge (since June 2026) formerly Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Jharkhand and Rajasthan High Courts.
Shyster
Shyster: informal mainly US word for a dishonest person, especially an unscrupulous lawyer or politician. First recorded 1843 in New York's The Subterranean; etymology disputed, probably from German Scheisser, not Shylock.
Siamese–French border demarcation of 1893–1907
The Siamese–French border demarcation of 1893–1907 fixed the frontier between Siam and French Indochina through three treaties, shaping today's Laos and Cambodia boundaries with Thailand.
Sicilian Mafia
The Sicilian Mafia, known to its members as Cosa Nostra, is a federation of criminal families that arose in western Sicily in the nineteenth century.
Siders case
The Siders case is the 2026 Vinton County, Ohio prosecution of Gary Siders Jr., Elizabeth Siders, Gary Siders Sr., and Christina Siders after 16 children were found in squalid Hamden home; endangerment and sexual-abuse indictments, competency findings, and prior welfare contact.
Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP, formerly Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, is a global law firm founded in Chicago in 1866, with about 2,300 lawyers in 22 offices and $3.1 billion in revenue.
Sidney A. Fitzwater
Sidney A. Fitzwater, born Sidney Allen Fitzwater in 1953, is a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Texas, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986.
Sidney Cooke
Sidney Cooke (born 1927), "Hissing Sid", English leader of the Dirty Dozen paedophile ring; jailed 1989 for Jason Swift's manslaughter, paroled 1998, given two life sentences in 1999, and repeatedly denied parole at HMP Wakefield.
Sidney H. Stein
Sidney H. Stein, born in 1945, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2010.
Sidney Powell
Sidney Powell, American attorney and former federal prosecutor from Dallas; represented Michael Flynn, filed the 2020 "Kraken" election-fraud lawsuits against Dominion, was sanctioned, sued for defamation, and pleaded guilty in Georgia in 2023.
Sidney R. Thomas
Sidney R. Thomas, also known as Sidney Runyan Thomas, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2023.
Sigal Chattah
Sigal Chattah, Israeli-born (1975) Las Vegas lawyer and 2022 Nevada attorney general nominee, was interim then acting U.S. attorney for Nevada; courts ruled her appointment unlawful in 2025 and 2026.
Signal for Help
Signal for Help: a silent one-handed gesture (open palm, tucked thumb, fingers folded over) created by the Canadian Women's Foundation in April 2020 during COVID-19 lockdowns, letting people in danger discreetly ask someone to check in safely; viral on TikTok, used in several rescues, with known recognition limits.