Stand your ground laws expanded on the castle doctrine by extending its protections to any space an individual has a legal ...

Adam M. Lustberg of Lustberg Law Offices, LLC ( released practical guidance for residents on what to do after a self-defense ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — In the last several days, self-defense laws have taken the spotlight after multiple shootings across the country. First, 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot after ringing the wrong ...

Under standard self-defense doctrine, hair-trigger assumptions about Black boys and men that may have caused Andrew Lester to shoot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl for merely ringing his doorbell could shield ...

A Jan. 3 argument in Rochester ended with a man shooting another in self-defense. What happened, and how New York laws ...

In 2018, House Bill 228, which sought to shift the burden of proof from the shooter to prosecutors in gun violence self-defense claims, drew virtually unanimous opposition from police, prosecutors and ...

A 16-year-old boy, who has been identified as Ralph Yarl, was shot after approaching the wrong Kansas City home to pick up his younger brothers on Thursday. Instead of being greeted by a family friend ...

Jacob Lee Bard was arrested and charged for fatally shooting a Kentucky State University student and injuring another. Bard ...

Utah’s self-defense laws are in the spotlight following two high-profile cases. A law that went into effect in 2021 allows ...

Under standard self-defense doctrine, hair-trigger assumptions about Black boys and men that may have caused Andrew Lester to shoot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl for merely ringing his doorbell could shield ...