Ronald Madis Ebens (born October 30, 1939) is a convicted murderer.
Ebens, with his stepson Michael Nitz as an accomplice, killed Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, on June 19, 1982.
This led to a federal indictment for violating Chin's civil rights, but only after public outrage at the probationary sentence and small fine imposed by Michigan Third Circuit Court Judge Charles Kaufman.
This sentence could not be reversed due to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S.