<P> Historically, some wanted posters offering a reward contained the phrase "dead or alive". Thus one would get a reward for either bringing the person or their body to the authorities . This could indicate that the person was an outlaw, and that it was permissible to kill them . Alternatively it might mean that it was permissible to kill them if they resisted arrest . While most issuers of wanted posters instead preferred the target to be taken alive in order to stand trial, some private organizations were willing to go to these extreme measures to protect their interests . </P> <P> Wanted posters have been used by media sources to cast prominent figures as wild west criminals . Popular examples of this include the September 4, 1939 Edition of the British newspaper the Daily Mirror, which cast Adolf Hitler as a' reckless criminal' ' wanted dead or alive' . This idea was also used by The New York Post in their global search for Osama Bin Laden in 2001 . </P> <Ul> <Li> John Dillinger </Li> <Li> Billy the Kid </Li> <Li> Bonnie and Clyde </Li> <Li> Baby Face Nelson </Li> <Li> Jack the Ripper </Li> <Li> James Earl Ray </Li> <Li> John Wilkes Booth </Li> <Li> D.B. Cooper </Li> <Li> Pablo Escobar </Li> <Li> Jesse James </Li> <Li> Al Capone </Li> <Li> Lee Harvey Oswald </Li> <Li> Jack Ruby </Li> </Ul> <Li> Billy the Kid </Li>

Who was the last person wanted dead or alive