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Italian mob boss

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American convicted killer

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Richard A. Loeb

American murderer

William Hare

Irish criminal

William Burke

Irish criminal

Abu Daoud

Palestinian terrorist

Lyle Menendez

American convicted killer

Nathan F. Leopold, Jr.

American murderer

Richard III

Richard III

king of England

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Udham Singh

Indian revolutionary

Moll Cutpurse

Moll Cutpurse

English criminal

Efraín Ríos Montt

dictator of Guatemala

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Menendez brothers

American convicted killers

Steven Avery

American laborer

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

American boxer

Gaston Means

American confidence man

Carlos the Jackal

Venezuelan terrorist

O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson

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