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Carol DaRonch
Carol Ann DaRonch (born 1956) is an American who escaped Ted Bundy's 1974 attempted kidnapping at Fashion Place Mall, Murray, Utah, and whose testimony led to his 1976 conviction.
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain is an American political scientist and conservative commentator, formerly tenured at Princeton and Vanderbilt, author of Black Faces, Black Interests, vice-chair of the 1776 Commission, and founder of Be the People.
Caroline test
Caroline test: customary international law standard for self-defense from the 1837 Caroline incident, requiring force be necessary (instant, overwhelming) and proportionate to an imminent threat.
Carolyn B. McHugh
Carolyn B. McHugh, also known as Carolyn Baldwin McHugh, is an American jurist on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Carolyn D. King
Carolyn D. King, also known as Carolyn Dineen King, is an American jurist on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Carolyn Simpson
Carolyn Chalmers Simpson (born 1946) is a retired Australian judge of the NSW Supreme Court, its second female judge (1994), one of the 1999 first all-female appellate bench, Court of Appeal judge, and third longest serving judge in the court's history.
Carolyn Warmus
Carolyn Warmus, the "Fatal Attraction" killer, a former Westchester teacher convicted in 1992 of the 1989 murder of Betty Jeanne Solomon, her lover Paul Solomon's wife; paroled in 2019.
Carroll Cole
Carroll Edward Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer also called Eddie Cole, strangled women met in bars across California, Nevada, and Texas; convicted of five murders, confessed to at least 13, and became Nevada's first lethal-injection execution after waiving all appeals.
Carter v Canada (AG)
Carter v Canada (AG) is a unanimous 2015 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down Canada's ban on physician-assisted death, overruling its 1993 Rodriguez decision.
Cary Stayner
Cary Stayner (born 1961), the Yosemite killer, murdered Carole and Juli Sund, Silvina Pelosso, and Joie Armstrong in 1999; brother of kidnap victim Steven Stayner; convicted 2002, death sentence affirmed 2026.
Caryl Chessman
Caryl Chessman (1921–1960), the "Red Light Bandit," was a California death row inmate convicted in 1948 of kidnapping and rape under the Little Lindbergh law; his 12-year fight, four books, and 1960 gas chamber execution galvanized the anti-death penalty movement.
Case law
Case law, also known as judge-made law, is the body of law built from written court decisions in common law systems, where precedents bind courts through stare decisis.
Casey White prison escape
Casey White prison escape: April 29, 2022 flight of inmate Casey Cole White from the Lauderdale County, Alabama jail with corrections officer Vicky White, ending in an 11-day manhunt, her suicide in Evansville, Indiana, and his life sentence.
Cashgate
Cashgate is the name given in Malawi to a large-scale theft of public funds discovered in 2013 under President Joyce Banda, prompting prosecutions and suspension of donor aid.
Casinos in Goa
Casinos in Goa: legal gambling venues in Goa, India, under the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976. Onshore casinos in five-star hotels since 1993-94 and offshore vessels on the Mandovi river since 2000; six offshore and over a dozen onshore casinos by 2025.
Castellammarese War
Castellammarese War: 1930–1931 New York Mafia gang war between Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano's Castellammare del Golfo faction; about 60 killed; ended with both bosses dead, Luciano's Commission, and the Five Families.
Castle doctrine
Castle doctrine: common law rule, from Semayne's Case (1604), removing the duty to retreat when defending oneself with force, including deadly force, inside one's own home; distinct from stand-your-ground laws, which extend no-retreat to public places.
Casuistry
Casuistry (Latin casus, "case") is case-based moral reasoning that resolves ethical dilemmas by analogy to undisputed paradigm cases; it flourished in Catholic confession around 1450–1660, declined after Pascal's attacks, and was revived in bioethics by Jonsen and Toulmin (1988) as an alternative to principlism.
Casus belli
Casus belli, Latin for "case of war", is the act or situation a state invokes to justify war; English usage from 1840, tied to just war theory and the jus ad bellum.
Cat o' nine tails
The cat o' nine tails is a whip of nine knotted cords on a handle, formerly used for flogging, especially in the British and American navies.
Catania Mafia family
Catania Mafia family: the Cosa Nostra family of Catania, Sicily, led by the Santapaola-Ercolano clan of Nitto Santapaola, rival to the Cappello clan; active in cocaine trafficking, extortion, and business infiltration.
Catch Me If You Can (book)
Catch Me If You Can (book) is a 1980 memoir by Frank W. Abagnale. It details his criminal career, claiming he forged over $2.5 million in checks.
Cate Edwards
Cate Edwards (Catharine E. Edwards), American trial lawyer in Raleigh, NC, daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards; founding partner of Edwards Beightol (2021), specializing in personal injury, civil rights, and wrongful death litigation.
Catharina Haynes
Catharina Haynes, born 1963 in Melbourne, Florida, is an American circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit since 2008, appointed by George W. Bush after seven years as a Dallas state district judge.
Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs
Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (1767–1837), Swedish noblewoman, daughter of Hans Gustaf Hjort af Ornäs, married 1803 Colonel Adrian Hertzenhjelm; accused in 1837 of being imprisoned by him over thirty years at Ramsnäsholm, Dalarna, until her death.
Catharine Titi (Κατερίνα Τιτή)
Catharine Titi is a legal scholar and Research Associate Professor at CNRS–CERSA. Her work focuses on international investment law, investor-state dispute settlement, and cultural heritage.
Catherine C. Eagles
Catherine C. Eagles, also known as Catherine Caldwell Eagles, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Catherine Crump
Catherine Crump is an American legal scholar and civil liberties litigator specializing in government surveillance and privacy law, and a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law.
Catherine D. Perry
Catherine D. Perry is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
Catherine Eddowes
Catherine Eddowes (1842–1888) was an English woman murdered in Mitre Square, London, on 30 September 1888, the fourth of the five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper.