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Yoo Young-chul (유영철)
Yoo Young-chul (유영철), South Korean serial killer who murdered 20 people in Seoul in 2003–2004, targeting wealthy elderly people then sex workers; sentenced to death in 2005, never executed, still on death row.
Yoon Suk Yeol (윤석열)
Yoon Suk Yeol (윤석열), born 1960, South Korean former prosecutor and 20th president (2022-2025), removed by unanimous Constitutional Court ruling after his December 2024 martial law declaration; convicted of insurrection and other crimes.
Yoshie Shiratori (白鳥 由栄)
Yoshie Shiratori (白鳥由栄, 1907–1979), Japan's "escape king of the Shōwa era," escaped four prisons, Aomori, Akita, Abashiri, and Sapporo, between 1936 and 1947; every freedom ended in recapture, and he was paroled in 1961.
Young offender institution
Young offender institutions (YOIs) are prison-estate custodial establishments in England and Wales for boys aged 15-17 and young adults 18-21, successors to borstals (1902-1982), created by the Criminal Justice Act 1988; girls ceased to be placed there in March 2025.
Young Plan
The Young Plan (1929-1930), chaired by Owen D. Young, was the final-settlement restructuring of German reparations, cutting the debt to about 121 billion gold marks over 58 years and creating the Bank for International Settlements; it collapsed in the Depression.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), the Steel Seizure Case, where the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Truman lacked authority to seize steel mills during the Korean War, and Justice Jackson's three-category framework for presidential power was born.
Youth detention center
Youth detention center, also called juvenile detention center or juvie, is a secure facility holding minors pending court hearings. Covers its 1899 court origins, mental health needs, recidivism, disparities, and alternatives.
YouTube copyright issues
YouTube copyright issues cover Content ID, the automated claim system handling over 99% of copyright actions, versus DMCA takedowns and strikes; 2.5 billion claims in 2025, fair use disputes, and litigation history.
YSL Records racketeering trial
The YSL Records racketeering trial (Georgia v. Jeffery Williams et al.) prosecuted the Young Slime Life/Young Stoner Life collective under Georgia's RICO Act from 2022 to 2025, ending with pleas, acquittals, and no murder convictions.
Yunus ibn Badran al-Dimyati
Yunus ibn Badran al-Dimyati (c. 1160–1226) was an Egyptian-born Shafi'i jurist who rose through treasury stewardship in Damascus to become chief judge of Syria in 1222, abridging al-Shafi'i's al-Umm and writing on inheritance law.
Yusuf ibn al-Hasan al-Tafakkari
Yusuf ibn al-Hasan al-Tafakkari was a fifth-century AH Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar in Baghdad, a senior student of Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi who died there in 473 AH.
Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane, born 1953 in Louisiana, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1998.
Yvonne G. Rogers
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, born 1965 in Houston, Texas, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2011.
Zachary M. Bluestone
Zachary M. Bluestone, born in 1986, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2025, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Zahid N. Quraishi
Zahid N. Quraishi, also known as Zahid Nisar Quraishi, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey since 2021.
Zakrzewski family murders
Zakrzewski family murders: June 9, 1994 killings of Sylvia, Edward, and Anna Zakrzewski in Okaloosa County, Florida, by Edward J. Zakrzewski II; three death sentences in 1996, execution in 2025.
Zamindar
Zamindar, also spelled Jamindar, was an Indian landholder who collected fixed revenue for Mughal and colonial rulers, until abolition laws ended the system in the 1950s.
Zebra murders
The Zebra murders were racially motivated random killings of white victims in San Francisco, October 1973 to April 1974, by a group called the Death Angels; four men, Cooks, Green, Moore, and Simon, were convicted and sentenced to life.
Zero-hour contract
Zero-hour contract, also called casual contract, a UK employment contract with no guaranteed hours: the employer need not offer work and the worker need not accept it. Covers statutory rights, the 2015 exclusivity-clause ban, prevalence around 1.2 million workers, and the Employment Rights Act 2025 reforms.
ZeroZeroZero
ZeroZeroZero: eight-episode Sky/Amazon crime drama (2020) adapted from Roberto Saviano's nonfiction book, directed by Stefano Sollima, tracing a cocaine shipment from Mexican cartels through 'Ndrangheta buyers; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Zhenhao Zou
Zhenhao Zou (Zou Zhenhao), Chinese former UCL PhD student from Dongguan, convicted March 2025 of 28 offences including 11 rapes of 10 women in the UK and China; sentenced June 2025 to life with a 24-year minimum.
Zhety Zhargy
Zhety Zhargy ("Seven Establishments") was the code of customary law of the Kazakh Khanate, compiled in the late 17th century and traditionally attributed to Khan Tauke.
Zhonghang Yue (中行说)
Zhonghang Yue (中行說), a Western Han eunuch from Yan sent in 174 BCE with a heqin princess to Laoshang Chanyu, defected to the Xiongnu, advised Laoshang and Junchen against Han silk, food, and letter protocol, and is judged traitor or pragmatist by different traditions.
Zina
Zina (زنا, zinā) is the Islamic-law category of unlawful sexual intercourse, covering fornication and adultery, proved by confession or four male witnesses and punished by lashes or stoning; modern codes in Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, and Afghanistan enforce it, often against rape survivors.
Zodiac (true crime book)
Zodiac (1986) is Robert Graysmith's true crime account of the unsolved Zodiac Killer murders in California, published by Simon & Schuster, with sequel Zodiac Unmasked (2002) and Fincher's 2007 film.
Zodiac Killer
Zodiac Killer: unidentified American serial murderer who killed five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1968-1969 and mailed taunting letters and ciphers to newspapers; the Z408 and Z340 ciphers are solved, Z13 and Z32 remain unbroken, and the case is still unsolved.
Zodiac Killer suspects
Zodiac Killer suspects: people proposed for the unidentified Northern California serial killer of 1968-1969. Arthur Leigh Allen was the only police-named suspect; Kane, Gaikowski, Sullivan, and Poste are unofficial candidates, all unproven.
Zoning
Zoning divides a municipality into districts with legal rules on land use, density, and building form. Key facts: NYC 1916 first comprehensive ordinance, Euclid v. Ambler 1926 upheld it, zoning raises housing prices, reform wave since 2020.
Zoosadism
Zoosadism: sexual pleasure derived from torturing animals; distinct from zoophilia and bestiality. Studied in psychology, criminology, and forensic science; publicized by the 2018 Furry Zoosadist Leaks.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl (728–775) was a Basran Sunni jurist, a close companion of Abu Hanifa, and the eponym of the vanished Zufari school of Hanafi law.