Saturday, March 10, 2007

Top Ten Most Wanted Criminals: A List With a History

The FBI top ten most wanted criminal list was first introduced March 14, 1950 after J. Edgar Hoover and William Kinsey Hutchinson had a discussion over a game of hearts. The two were discussing ways to promote the capture of the FBI's "toughest guys." The list itself has no particular ranking although most criminals on the list have been assigned a number. Most criminals are only removed from the list upon death or imprisonment and may also be removed if the charges against them have been dropped. In five cases, men have been removed because they were no longer a "particularly dangerous menace to society."
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