From Oswald To Lohan: America Loves A Perp Walk
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<p>Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of assassinating President Kennedy from the book depository in Dallas in November of 1963, but we'll never be able to prove it in a court of law because Jack Ruby murdered Oswald on his perp walk outside of Dallas police HW. Somewhere in Oliver Stone's dreams, a Cuban is enjoying a cigar with a CIA agent.</p>
<p>Son of Sam AKA David Berkowitz AKA the ".44 Caliber Killer" terrorized New York City in the late 70s, seemingly killing his victims at random and taunting the NYPD with a letter calling himself the "Son of Sam." Berkowitz was finally caught him in his satanic graffiti-laden apartment in 1977.</p>
<p>After fighting with his girlfriend Kate Moss and trashing his $1,200-a-night room at the Mark Hotel in 1994, Johnny Depp was forced to see the light of day and pay $10K in damages. Roger Daltry was sleeping next door and rated it a "1" on a 10-point scale.</p>
<p>At 4:30am. Russell Crowe tried to phone home to Austrailia from the Mercer Hotel in 2005, when he became frustrated and threw the phone across the room, hitting an employee in the face. On a related topic, remind us to never ask Crowe to borrow his cellphone.</p>
<p>For many struggling americans, Ken Lay's 2004 perp walk represented a poetic justice: a man who enriched himself by overseeing the fabrication of Enron's balance sheets would finally hit rock bottom, like so many of Enron's customers and employees had before him. But during his trial, Lay died of a heart attack, eluding the law a final time.</p>
<p>In the winter of 2008, authorities dealt what many believe to be the death blow to the old guard of organized crime, lopping off the "head, shoulders and chest" of the Gambino crime family, making arrests from New York to Sicily. </p>
<p>Raj Rajaratnam was on top of the world as a self-made billionaire, self-making it through insider trading. One of Rajaratnam's associates famously said "If this leaksâ¦I'll be like Martha fucking Stewart." Rajaratnam was convicted earlier this month. </p>
<p>Former NYPD officer Oscar Sandino, showing his Yankee pride till the end, admitted to forcing women under arrest to perform oral sex on him in custody. He pled guilty last year to civil rights violations.</p>
<p>Though LiLo has had plenty of perp walks, this particular one from this March following charges of stealing a necklace was called a "runway strut" by the New York Times, complete with a $2,200 pendant that "she wore like a talisman."</p>