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Infamous Criminals - Mostly U.S.

Can you name the infamous criminals described below?
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2011
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Criminal
Shot Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Shot JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
Allegedly killed his ex-wife and Ron Goldman
O.J. Simpson
Colombian cocaine king who amassed a $30 billion fortune
Pablo Escobar
Most famous of the people who tried to blow up Parliament in 1605
Guy Fawkes
Chicago gangster known as "Scarface"
Al Capone
His "family" killed actress Sharon Tate and a few others in the late 1960s
Charles Manson
Old West outlaw also known as William H. Bonney
Billy the Kid
His assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the catalyst that started World War I
Gavrilo Princip
Mail bomber whose manifesto was published in the New York Times
Ted Kaczynski
Unidentified serial killer who killed prostitutes in Victorian London
Jack the Ripper
Subway sandwich enthusiast who collected child pornography
Jared Fogle
Serial killer who dressed as "Pogo the Clown"
John Wayne Gacy
Blew up the Oklahoma City federal building
Timothy McVeigh
Shot Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Massachusetts woman accused of killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet
Lizzie Borden
Sinaloa cartel leader who broke out of a Mexican jail in 2015
El Chapo
"Teflon Don" who led the Gambino crime family
John Gotti
Cannibal who killed 17 people in Wisconsin
Jeffrey Dahmer
She robbed banks with her lover Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
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74 Comments
TheWombat
+7
Level 73
Nov 15, 2013
100%, which I'm not sure is a good thing. BTW, there's no 'allegedly' about OJ Simpson; he was acquitted after a fair trial and is therefore innocent. Sticks in the craw of many, but what can you do?
BobSaget
+37
Level 78
Nov 21, 2013
He's not innocent; he was found not guilty. There's a HUGE difference.
PacoGee
+6
Level 44
Jan 20, 2015
an innocent man wouldn't have been sued for wrongful death, therefore he was guilty. he just didn't go to prison but was ruined, like he should have been
skibumb
+8
Level 50
Mar 14, 2017
The presumption of innocence, sometimes referred to by the Latin expression Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on one who denies), is the principle that one is considered innocent unless proven guilty. (wiki)

Presumption of innocence is a right of the people. You are innocent if you are not proven guilty. Ergo, as far as federal criminal court is concerned, he is innocent.

DonTheLamplighter
+12
Level 85
Jun 9, 2017
And as far as people with a brain and common sense, he's a murderer who was never brought to justice.
Djilas
+3
Level 83
Dec 16, 2018
@skibumb

Exactly, but we're not the federal criminal court.

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Apr 25, 2019
"Not guilty" is a cop out for semantics. There is no innocent verdict. Guilty or not, those are the 2 choices.
OofyMcOoferson
+1
Level 49
Apr 19, 2024
Or you can please undecided* but it doesn't make a huge difference
Sifhraven
+6
Level 71
Oct 19, 2019
I dont know much about this case specifically, so my comment is meant in general. But if you killed someone and a jury couldnt proof your guilt, that doesnt retroactively alter the fact and means that suddenly the timeline changes and you havent killed anyone. If you have killed someone, you are not innocent. Something being proven or not does not change the facts that actually happened. (legally being found not guilty is a different thing)
TheGreatArturo
+5
Level 78
Apr 18, 2024
"Something being proven or not does not change the facts that actually happened." What are you on about?
JackBeNimble
+2
Level 81
Apr 19, 2024
It's pretty self-explanatory.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Nov 21, 2013
An "innocent" man who was also found liable for the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, in a court of law.
rgc1600
+4
Level 73
Nov 21, 2013
That's double jeopardy. I know legally it's not - but then legally, he's also "innocent."
Baltimorean
+3
Level 67
Nov 21, 2013
Agreed. The civil jury found that he committed the murders. The acquittal doesn't change that finding. No "alleged" necessary.
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Jan 20, 2015
hah I mentioned that above lol
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Nov 21, 2018
Technically what the civil jury found was that he was liable for the deaths of these two people.
burntfrost
+1
Level 48
May 20, 2014
I hope you're not a lawyer.
TheWombat
+1
Level 73
Jan 28, 2016
Ha! I am a lawyer, though not an American one. Weird laws over there. Still, this principle is the same - not guilty is innocent in the eyes of the law. Obviously he's not actually innocent, but legally he most certainly is. The clue lies in the fact he didn't go to jail for murder. The word "allegedly" is misused, at least in its legal sense, which would be used to state that he is accused, but not yet tried. OJ was tried and acquitted, so he's innocent and not allegedly a killer (legally).
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Feb 14, 2016
He still killed his ex wife. JetPunk quizzes are not written in indecipherable legalese. Though that could be an interesting subject for another quiz...
TangoMike
+1
Level 50
Feb 15, 2016
Allegedlly.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Nov 21, 2018
The OJ Simpson trial was a farce. He was found not guilty of the murders after a trial that was broadcast live on TV (which made it be influenced by popular opinion) and had a jury with members continually being replaced for no particularly good reason. Except it was so clearly a miscarriage of justice no matter whether he was guilty of not, so they had another trial in which he was found guilty, but not of murder because he had already been cleared of that and so they couldn't reverse the decision. Instead he was found "responsible" for the deaths (whatever that means, presumably he didn't kill them by accident), and was ordered to pay the families of the victims so much money that he went bankrupt. It is an excellent example of the principle that the laws applying to ordinary people just don't apply to certain groups (in this case famous people). The punishment for murder should be prison, or whatever better system can be found, not public humiliation and bankruptcy.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 19, 2019
He was found innocent in a criminal trial. In a criminal trial you can be charged with a crime, such as murder. Later, he was sued by the Goldman family in a civil court. In a civil court, you cannot be charged with a crime, and you cannot be found guilty or innocent. But you can be found responsible to pay damages. In this case, OJ was found responsible for the death of the Goldman's son, and was supposed to pay restitution. He declared bankruptcy and had property in other states that they couldn't touch so they didn't get much. However, years later when he wrote his reprehensible book "If I Did It," they were able to stop publication. The book later came out with the added subtitle "Confessions of a Killer," with all proceeds going to the Goldmans.
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 78
Apr 18, 2024
"In a criminal trial you can be charged with a crime". Thanks for the stunning insight.
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 73
May 9, 2024
If Simpson's acquittal amounted to a finding of innocence it would have barred the subsequent civil judgment finding that he killed his former wife and Ron Goldman. It didn't.

An acquittal is not a declaration of innocence; it merely establishes that he was not found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It is possible to get a judicial declaration of innocence, although that rarely if ever happens--I know a Southern California lawyer who achieved that remarkable result for a basketball coach accused of sexual misconduct that he was able to prove did not happen.

TWM03
+1
Level 70
Nov 21, 2018
Oh, and, in reality you can't just be acquitted of something and suddenly be innocent whether you killed anyone or not. Maybe in the system designed to give judges a mandate to do whatever they like (after wasting everyone's time and money) that is the law, but not in reality.
plattitude
+1
Level 92
Feb 24, 2014
I was sure I had it right with Berkowicz. Maybe I should apologize for spelling his name wrong for so long.
tutanka88
+5
Level 13
Apr 23, 2014
Lizzie Borden was also aquitted. Just saying.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Feb 14, 2016
Sad that Jared is now standing shoulder to shoulder with these guys.
trebek
+4
Level 70
Feb 14, 2016
Jared did a lot worse than collect child porn (although that in itself is despicable). He actually had sex with 12 year old girls and was hunting for more at the time of his arrest.
stubart409
+1
Level 67
Feb 14, 2016
It's possible that JFK was accidentally shot by one of his own secret service agents. The first shot(which came from Oswald's gun) passed through the back of his seat and through his chest, and the second kill shot, which exploded on impact unlike the first shot, came from two separate guns. See Bonar Menninger's "Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK" and the TV documentary "JFK: The Smoking Gun".
ferdy86
+1
Level 77
Apr 4, 2017
It didn't explode on impact. It exploded when it exited his skull.
IsleAuHaulte
+6
Level 89
Apr 25, 2019
The bullet exploded on impact? Did his skull have tank armor?
TheGreatArturo
+6
Level 78
Apr 18, 2024
"the second kill shot... came from two separate guns". Please explain this.
Jerry928
+5
Level 76
Feb 14, 2016
I'm a bit surprised Gavrilo Princip doesn't get a mention. He's the only one here who managed to start a whole world war, when he shot Archduke Ferdinand.
TangoMike
+1
Level 50
Feb 15, 2016
The causes of the First World War are invariably more complicated than the assassination of Frnaz Ferdinand
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Apr 25, 2019
The rivalries and treaties were complex, but there is absolutely no doubt that Austria's moves against Serbia in retribution for their citizen's murder of Austria's heir apparent triggered all the defense pacts to fall into place putting everyone at war.
PrinceEric
+1
Level 56
Feb 22, 2016
Given that that was an act of terror/revolution, it would be slippery to call Princip a "criminal." Yes, he was a murderer, but it was a whole international thing, and he kind of goes into a different category, I think.
tom88
+1
Level 73
Mar 23, 2016
I see your point, but arguably the assassination of a president can be seen as an act of rebellion or terror. and two of them made the list.
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 78
Apr 18, 2024
He shot and killed two people. That's a criminal act.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2024
Added Princip. With Princip, maybe no WWI. If no WWI, then no Lenin, no Hitler, no Stalin, and no Mao.

The alternate realities get strange pretty fast.

GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
May 9, 2024
Mao was born in 1893, so he would still have existed.
Rade
+3
Level 90
Apr 19, 2024
I think his real intention was to find himself in the JetPunk quiz along with mass murderers, rapists and drug dealers.
DorkmeisterBlu
+1
Level 73
Feb 17, 2016
Gotty couldn't be accepted?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2024
Gotty will work now.
BolyaiAnna
+5
Level 82
Jan 29, 2017
I ALWAYS write Al Pacino instead of Al Capone...
foxpenguin
+2
Level 69
Jan 30, 2017
How about D.B. Cooper?
sharonRA
+1
Level 58
Aug 25, 2017
Yeah, "supposedly" in a few places would have avoided all this controversy :) Certainly re: OJ, but also Lee Harvey Oswald
blinky
+3
Level 58
Jul 17, 2018
Well, I found out that it's impossible to spell Kaczynski from memory. Kazinsky obviously not good enough.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Apr 25, 2019
The real crime is that we have to spell a simple sounding name that looks like an eye chart.
MungoJerry
+2
Level 56
Sep 28, 2020
The real crime is that he's in prison
Wooglefurf
+4
Level 70
Apr 18, 2024
I don't know why you would say that, but if it makes you feel better he's not in prison anymore
tom88
+3
Level 73
Oct 30, 2019
I was surprised, but unibomber works if you don't know how to spell his name.
Yanni47
+2
Level 77
Nov 21, 2018
Funny, for a moment there, I read "John Wayne Gretzky"!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Feb 20, 2020
I'm picturing a surly cowboy with a hockey stick.
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Dec 16, 2018
There's plenty of material for sequels - Marc Dutroux, Shoko Asahara, Jimmy Seville, Gary Glitter ...
Mark1232
+1
Level 62
Apr 25, 2019
Also Lucky Luciano
interopia
+1
Level 85
Aug 5, 2019
I made one that is like a sequel...Try Gangsters and Outlaws.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2024
Added some from your quiz. Thank you @interopia.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Feb 20, 2020
Only ever heard of Seville, from those, personally.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 75
Apr 23, 2024
Jimmy Savile* sexually abused hundreds of children and disabled people over decades and decades, far worse than many on this list.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 19, 2019
Never sure if sirhan sirhan is a soccerplayer or not.. but that is ( had to look it up) zinedine zidane... (Ithought sidon sidane or something,so even closer)
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 58
Dec 7, 2020
Ted Bundy?
MG17
+1
Level 43
Jul 26, 2021
And in Brazil, Lázaro Barbosa in Goiás and Distrito Federal. Oh, we also have Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento of the Bus 174 on Rio.
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 78
Apr 18, 2024
"SinAloa".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2024
Fixed
cledun2
+1
Level 90
Apr 19, 2024
jared fogle didnt just collect child p*rn, he was caught in a sting trying to buy sex with two very young children
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Apr 19, 2024
Surprised the % for Princip is as high as it is. Maybe that's an indication of the large number of non-Americans here. While many Americans could tell you who got killed, and maybe what country he was from, I'd guess that very few could say who did the shooting.
kinjapan
+1
Level 72
May 9, 2024
He was a character in the last Kingsmen movie, so that may have helped.
Nightcap
+1
Level 79
Apr 19, 2024
Aldrich Ames
ageekinkuwait
+2
Level 71
Apr 22, 2024
It kind of fascinating how Timothy McVeigh has seemingly disappeared from the cultural zeitgeist. I'm surprised he so low on the list relative to someone like Jared Fogle
Danem20
+1
Level 83
Apr 26, 2024
He's gone through a societal whitewashing lately much like Kaczynski has. "Misunderstood men with a good point" and all that nonsense.
luke0g
+1
Level 48
May 9, 2024
I got really into Charlie Manson and watched documentaries and movies (Mansons Lost Girls is a good one). Him and his family killed 4 people at the Tate home that night, a record producer a couple days before, and a couple who lived a houses away from Doris Days sons old house (another record producer, he wasn't home). The family was also suspected to have been part of the "accidental" drowing of Dennis Wilson (a Beach Boy) even though it was 13 years after Charlie went to prison. He apparently told Charlie that he could get him into the music industry and didn't. It's actually crazy the things he was able to make people do. They also found thousands of human bones in a 3 mile radius of the Ranch they all lived on suspecting that there were hundreds more people who were murdered by him and his family. Oh and if the guy who killed the record producer wasn't caught sleeping in his car with the knife they used, they may not have been caught. Luckily Linda Casabian left and turned them in.
kinjapan
+1
Level 72
May 9, 2024
Can you please accept some alternate spellings for Gacy and Dahmer? (I know "alternate"=wrong, but it isn't like they are vocabulary words. Gacey, Gasey, and Daumer are all plausible spellings if you have only heard them.)
pieman
+1
Level 38
May 9, 2024
so upset I didn't get Dahmer, I literally knew who he was what he did but I just couldn't remember his name
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