Editing Category:Karma Houdini (section)

{{Quote|The greatest tragedy of all was that this [[Joseph Stalin|butcher of innocents]] would never be called to account for his crimes.|A classic karma houdini}}
A "'''karma houdini'''" is someone who isn't adequately punished for their villainous actions, and escapes justice by "pulling a Houdini" (disappearing) from karma. This villain is the opposite of a [[:Category:Scapegoat|scapegoat]].

A karma houdini, in this context, can have one of the following scenarios to qualify:
*The person simply died; in a ruler's case, while still in power. Examples include [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Kim Il-sung]], [[Kim Jong-il]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Leopold II of Belgium]], [[Emperor Hirohito]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Hồ Chí Minh]], [[François Duvalier]], [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], [[Josip Broz Tito]], [[Augustin Bizimana]] and [[Bloody Mary Tudor]].
*The person was deposed or put in a vulnerable position, but he/she escaped prosecution. Examples include [[Idi Amin]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Suharto]], [[Alfredo Stroessner]], [[Pol Pot]], [[Wilhelm II]] and [[Fulgencio Batista]].
*The person never got caught and simply vanished and presumably died of natural causes. Examples include [[Jack the Ripper]], [[Pedro López]], [[Víctor Manuel Gerena]], [[Bradford Bishop]], the [[Zodiac Killer]], [[El Psicópata]], [[Blue Tuxedo Man]], [[Robert William Fisher]], [[Alexis Flores]], [[D. B. Cooper]], [[Protais Mpiranya]], [[Delphine LaLaurie]], [[Masanobu Tsuji]], [[Mr Cruel]], [[The Monster With 21 Faces]], [[Murder of JonBenét Ramsey|the person who killed JonBenét Ramsey]] and the [[Axeman of New Orleans]].
*The person is still alive today, and is either in an invulnerable position or on the run. Examples include [[Joseph Kony]], [[Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes]], [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[David Duke]], [[Dawood Ibrahim]], [[Yahya Jammeh]], [[Yakubu Gowon]], [[Desi Bouterse]], [[Ismael Zambada García]] and [[Jair Bolsonaro]].
** In a similar case, the person is not only alive but still in power. Examples include [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Narendra Modi]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]] and [[Bongbong Marcos]].
* The person is protected by juvenile laws. Examples include [[Junko Furuta's Murderers]], [[Robert Thompson and Jon Venables]], [[Daniel Petry]], [[Matias Oyarzo]] (despite being terminated in late September 2020), [[Bailey O'Neill's Murderers]] (despite being minorly punished) and [[Laurie Tackett]].
* The person is generally not considered a villain and thus many don't see the need to punish them. Examples include [[Charlemagne]], [[James VI and I]], [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Woodrow Wilson]], [[J. Edgar Hoover]] and [[Menachem Begin]].
* The person cannot be convicted or punished by law due to insufficient evidence, or lack thereof. Examples include [[O.J. Simpson]], [[Casey Anthony]]<nowiki/> and [[Lori Drew]].
* The person was caught for their actions, but received a minor or even no punishment (also known as a "slap on the wrist"). Examples include [[Issei Sagawa]], [[Brock Turner]], [[David Becker]], [[Jacob Walter Anderson]], and [[John Bowen-Colthurst]].

For organizations, they must have the following requirements:
* Organizations that are still active and in an invulnerable position. Examples include [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]], [[Westboro Baptist Church]], [[Communist Party of China]], [[Antifa]], [[Fidesz]] and [[The Islamic State]].
* Organizations that dissolved, but that most or all of its members did not suffer any punishment, or merged with another organization. Examples include [[Việt Cộng]], [[Fatherland and Liberty Nationalist Front]], [[KGB]], [[26th of July Movement]], [[Aitarak]] and [[Project MK-Ultra]].
In the case of events, you need the following requirement:
* Events in which the vast majority or all of the perpetrators were not tried. Examples include [[Armenian Genocide]], [[Expulsion of the Chagossians]] and [[The Holodomor]].

NOTE: People who [[:Category:Deaths in prison|died in prison]], [[:Category:Execution|were executed for their crimes]], [[Exile|got exiled to another place]], [[:Category:Redeemed|redeemed themselves]], [[:Category:Suicidal|took their own lives]], [[:Category:Imprisoned|are currently in jail]] or were released from prison cannot count as karma houdinis.
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