CRIME

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Notorious B.I.G.	Rapper	21-May-1972	9-Mar-1997	I love it when you call me big poppa
Doc Barker	Criminal	1899	13-Jan-1939	Son of Ma Barker
Willie Bosket	Criminal	9-Dec-1962		Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978
H. Rap Brown	Activist	4-Oct-1943		Die, Nigger, Die!
Roger Caron	Criminal	12-Apr-1938	11-Apr-2012	Go-Boy! Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars
Hurricane Carter	Boxing	6-May-1937		Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Neal Cassady	Author	8-Feb-1926	4-Feb-1968	The Holy Goof
David Allan Coe	Country Musician	6-Sep-1939		Take This Job and Shove It
Richard Allen Davis	Criminal	2-Jun-1954		Murderer of Polly Klaas
Albert DeSalvo	Criminal	3-Sep-1931	25-Nov-1973	Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler
Bobby Driscoll	Actor	3-Mar-1937	30-Mar-1968	Child actor, succumbed to drugs
Marc Dutroux	Criminal	6-Nov-1956		Child murderer
David Lee Edwards		7-Jan-1955		$41.4M Powerball winner
Bobby Fischer	Chess Player	9-Mar-1943	18-Jan-2008	Eccentric chess grandmaster
George Foreman	Boxing	10-Jan-1949		Champ knocks out the fat
Ed Gein	Criminal	27-Aug-1906	26-Jul-1984	Serial killer and cannibal
Clarence Earl Gideon	Criminal	30-Aug-1910	18-Jan-1972	Gideon v. Wainwright
Fred Hampton, Sr.	Activist	30-Aug-1948	4-Dec-1969	Black Panther leader assassinated by police
David Harris	Criminal	19-Oct-1960	30-Jun-2004	Copkiller in The Thin Blue Line
Patty Hearst	Victim	20-Feb-1954		Kidnapped by SLA
Jack Idema	Military	30-May-1956	21-Jan-2012	Green Beret wannabe
Robert Iler	Actor	2-Mar-1985		Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr.
Violent J	Rapper	28-Apr-1972		Half of Insane Clown Posse
Frank James	Criminal	10-Jan-1843	18-Feb-1915	Bank robber, with James Gang
Jesse James	Criminal	5-Sep-1847	3-Apr-1882	Bank robber, with James Gang
Alvin Karpis	Criminal	10-Aug-1907	26-Aug-1979	Former Public Enemy #1
Ned Kelly	Criminal	Jun-1855	11-Nov-1880	Iron-clad Australian outlaw
Rodney King	Victim	2-Apr-1965	17-Jun-2012	Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown
Etheridge Knight	Poet	19-Apr-1931	10-Mar-1991	Poems from Prison
Sonny Liston	Boxing	8-May-1932	30-Dec-1970	World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64
Charles Manson	Criminal	12-Nov-1934		Helter Skelter
Sal Mineo	Actor	10-Jan-1939	12-Feb-1976	Dies in Rebel Without A Cause
Carl Panzram	Criminal	28-Jun-1891	5-Sep-1930	Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Richard Ramirez	Criminal	29-Feb-1960		Serial killer, on death row in California
James Earl Ray	Assassin	10-Mar-1928	23-Apr-1998	Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
Chopper Read	Criminal	17-Nov-1954		Earless Australian killer, author
Richard Reid	Terrorist	12-Aug-1973		Shoe bomber
Edward G. Robinson, Jr.	Relative	19-Mar-1933	26-Feb-1974	Edward G. Robinson's troubled son
Dilma Rousseff	Head of State	14-Dec-1947		President of Brazil
Moses Sithole	Criminal	1964		South African serial killer
Perry Smith	Criminal	27-Oct-1928	14-Apr-1965	In Cold Blood
Charles Starkweather	Criminal	24-Nov-1938	25-Jun-1959	Spree killer
Belle Starr	Criminal	5-Feb-1848	3-Feb-1889	Bandit Queen of the Old West
Willie Sutton	Criminal	30-Jun-1901	2-Nov-1980	Because that's where the money is
Hunter S. Thompson	Journalist	18-Jul-1937	20-Feb-2005	Gonzo journalist and author
William Wallace	Military	1272	23-Aug-1305	Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart
Victor Willis	Singer/Songwriter	1-Jul-1951		Original cop in The Village People

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