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Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States
Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States: race, gender, religion, professional, and educational characteristics of the 17 Chief Justices and 104 Associate Justices since 1789, from Thurgood Marshall (1967) and Sandra Day O'Connor (1981) to Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022).
Demorris Hunter
Demorris Hunter (Demorris Andy Hunter, born 1966) is an American serial killer convicted of murders in California and Florida; sentenced to death in 2026 for the 2002 strangulation murder of Theresa Ann Green in Orlando.
Dena M. Coggins
Dena M. Coggins is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of California since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Dena Schlosser
Dena Schlosser, Plano, Texas woman who killed her infant daughter Margaret in November 2004 during postpartum psychosis tied to Doyle Davidson's Water of Life church; jury deadlocked in 2006, judge then found her not guilty by reason of insanity.
Deng Adut
Deng Thiak Adut (born 1983) is a South Sudanese-born Australian criminal lawyer in Blacktown, Sydney, a former SPLA child soldier, 2017 NSW Australian of the Year, and author of Songs of a War Boy.
Denis Lortie
Denis Lortie, Canadian Forces corporal who on 8 May 1984 attacked Quebec's National Assembly (la fusillade de l'Assemblée nationale), killing three and wounding 13; surrendered to Sergeant-at-Arms René Jalbert, sentenced to life, paroled 1996.
Denis Mukwege
Denis Mukwege, also known as Denis Mukengere Mukwege, is a Congolese gynecologist who founded Panzi Hospital in Bukavu and shared the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with Nadia Murad.
Denis R. Hurley
Denis R. Hurley, born 1937, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
Denise Cote
Denise Cote, born 1946 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Clinton in 1994.
Denise J. Casper
Denise J. Casper is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Massachusetts since 2010 and as the court's chief judge since 2025.
Denise P. Hood
Denise P. Hood, also known as Denise Page Hood, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Michigan since 2022.
Dennis G. Jacobs
Dennis G. Jacobs is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2019.
Dennis Holahan
Dennis Holahan (born 1942, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American entertainment lawyer and former actor, known for Jerry the Banker in Scarface (1983), Halloween II (1981), and roles in M*A*S*H; later a Lewis Brisbois partner.
Dennis Nilsen
Dennis Nilsen, the Muswell Hill murderer: Scottish serial killer who murdered at least 15 young men in north London 1978–1983, caught when flesh blocked his drain, convicted of six murders in 1983, died in prison 2018.
Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer (bind, torture, kill), murdered ten people in Wichita, Kansas, 1974-1991, taunted police and media, was traced via a church floppy disk, and is serving ten consecutive life terms.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951), Supreme Court case upholding Smith Act convictions of Eugene Dennis and ten Communist Party leaders, applying the gravity-of-evil reformulation of clear and present danger, later limited by Yates and Brandenburg.
Denny Chin
Denny Chin, born 1954 in Kowloon, Hong Kong, is a federal judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President Obama in 2010.
Dentons
Dentons is the world's largest global law firm by lawyer count, formed in 2013 from Salans, Fraser Milner Casgrain, and SNR Denton, structured as a Swiss Verein, led by CEO Kate Barton, with 12,000+ professionals in 85+ countries.
Denzil P. Marshall, Jr.
Denzil P. Marshall, Jr., also known as Denzil Price Marshall, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas since 2010.
Deportation
Deportation is the compulsory removal of a noncitizen under immigration law, distinct from extradition. Covers UN terminology, US history from 1891 to mass expulsion, non-refoulement, and EU return policy.
Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran Maryland resident with 2019 withholding of removal, was mistakenly deported to CECOT in March 2025; the Supreme Court ordered facilitation of his return; his criminal case was dismissed in May 2026.
Depositary of a treaty
In international law, a depositary of a treaty is a state or organization keeping a multilateral treaty and handling its administrative acts; the UN Secretary-General is the largest.
Deposition (law)
Deposition (law): sworn out-of-court testimony, also called examination before trial, taken during discovery under FRCP Rules 30 and 32; distinguishable from interrogatories and trial testimony by its oath, transcript, and impeachment use.
Depp v. Heard
Depp v. Heard, CL-2019-2911, was the 2022 Fairfax County, Virginia defamation trial in which Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard over her 2018 Washington Post op-ed; the jury awarded Depp $10 million plus reduced punitive damages and Heard $2 million, later settled for $1 million.
Depraved-heart murder
Depraved-heart murder, also called depraved indifference or extreme indifference murder, is unintentional homicide treated as murder because of extreme recklessness showing wanton indifference to human life; a form of implied malice aforethought, usually second-degree murder, distinct from manslaughter by that added element.
Derek Brown (Utah politician)
Derek Brown is an American Republican politician and the Attorney General of Utah, elected in November 2024 after serving in the Utah House of Representatives and chairing the state Republican Party.
Derivative work
Derivative work: a copyright work based on preexisting works (translations, adaptations, arrangements) under 17 U.S.C. §§101, 103, 106(2) and Berne Article 2(3); protection covers only new authorship, and Warhol v. Goldsmith (2023) bounds fair use.
Derrick K. Watson
Derrick K. Watson, also known as Derrick Kahala Watson, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Hawaii since 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Derrick Todd Lee
Derrick Todd Lee, the Baton Rouge serial killer, was convicted in 2004 of murdering Geralyn DeSoto and Charlotte Murray Pace, DNA-linked to five to seven Louisiana killings, identified via 2003 DNA swabbing, and died on death row in 2016.
Desmond Henley
Desmond Charles Henley (OBE, FBIE) was an English master embalmer with J.H. Kenyon, London, from 1941 to 1992; he embalmed George VI, Churchill, Mountbatten, Hendrix, and Bon Scott, and led disaster mortuary teams.