In one, authorities concluded the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old was self-defense— with no one claiming they killed in ...

Carlos Rivera spoke about prior drug use, gang-related violence and other perils of a criminal lifestyle on the borough’s ...

As the Armed Attorneys explain, age and physical condition can influence how self-defense actions are perceived in court.

The verdicts in favor of Kyle Rittenhouse and against the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery have shone a renewed spotlight on vigilantism and self-defense in America. While in many respects ...

BOSTON — In an unusual special session, the Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments involving whether a man who killed a bystander during an altercation at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside can argue he ...

The outcome seems almost unbelievable in retrospect. A Tucson man shot and killed a visiting doctor during a traffic dispute. The shooter eventually acknowledged he made the wrong decision and pleaded ...

An investigation into the June shooting death of a Pine Bluffs crop duster and former university-level rodeo athlete that left friends puzzled for ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As Salt Lake County prosecutors are weighing what charges, if any, to file after a deadly shooting at the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City, Utah's self-defense law is likely a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A new bill proposed by a state representative would provide civil immunity to Michigan police officers who use deadly force when acting in self-defense. State Rep. James DeSana, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A Madison County judge today rejected a request in a June murder case to allow a self-defense hearing at a much earlier stage than is common in Alabama. Attorneys for Amber ...