Criminals
- Myra Hindley (1942–2002), Moors murderer
- Ian Huntley (born 1974), Soham murderer
- The Kray twins (Ronald 1933–1995, Reginald 1933–2000), east London gangsters
- Harold Shipman (1946–2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide – convicted of 15 – probably killed over 250
- Peter Sutcliffe (born 1946), Yorkshire Ripper
- Fred West (1941–1995) and Rosemary West (born 1953), serial killers
- Steve Wright (born 1958), serial killer
- Graham Young (1947–1990), The Teacup Poisoner
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Famous quotes containing the word criminals:
“Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:40.
One of the criminals crucified with Jesus , to the other.
“Although knaves win in every political struggle, although society seems to be delivered over from the hands of one set of criminals into the hands of another set of criminals, as fast as the government is changed, and the march of civilization is a train of felonies, yet, general ends are somehow answered.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime.”
—Henry George (1839–1897)