In a test of South Carolina law, a claim of self-defense in the death of Scott Spivey was rejected.

The Netflix documentary tells the true story of Ajike “AJ” Owens, who was shot and killed by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz In 2024, Lorincz was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in ...

The second defendant in a civil lawsuit over a deadly road rage shooting in Horry County will not be immune to civil or criminal prosecution.

On Nov. 17, Boone County prosecutor Kent Eastwood filed voluntary manslaughter charges against Curt Andersen, who shot and killed Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez as she tried to enter the front door of his ...

The Georgia Senate approved a bill Friday that broadens “stand your ground” self-defense protections, a proposal that critics ...

The hearing in room 417 started a lot like any other. The chairman took roll call. A stream of Florida elected officials spent a half hour paying almost impossibly earnest homage to the democratic ...

How many people have to die before we take a hard look at the stand-your-ground defense in Texas? How long before the message gets out that this will-nilly shooting of people on your property is a bad ...

In Netflix's new documentary The Perfect Neighbor, "stand your ground" laws are at the center. Composed mostly of police body camera footage, The Perfect Neighbor tells the tragic true story of Ajike ...