Numerous famous criminals ('perps' in the story's argot) have featured over the years including:

I had him mesmerized as I told the class about famous sociopathic criminals.

It is revealed that Phantom Limb is actually the grandson of the famous criminal.

Since then it was used as a prison and many famous political criminals were sent there.

Due to her notoriety as a famous criminal, she was taken to her execution in a mourning carriage.

Ray told Huie he purposefully left the rifle with his fingerprints on it in plain sight because he wanted to become a famous criminal.

"Babes and Assassins," where the host read a humorously-phrased question about a female actress and a famous criminal.

Prisons proudly display cells once inhabited by famous criminals.

Then one morning I remembered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of the execution of a famous criminal.

Written by Nunnally Johnson, the movie is based on the life of the famous criminal for which the movie gets its name.