Most American states have some form of stand-your-ground (SYG) laws, with the adoption of said legislation growing ...

Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez’s mistaken arrival at the wrong Indiana address Wednesday cost her her life. As the ...

Florida passed the nation’s first stand your ground law 20 years ago. Since then, 37 other states have followed suit, and ...

Stand your ground laws effectively expand the boundaries of the castle doctrine to the wider world, removing the duty to retreat and allowing people to use lethal force anywhere they have a legal ...

Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, quickly announced that open carry is now “the law of the state,” directing law ...

An Indiana homeowner has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a house cleaner who mistakenly went ...

Stand-your-ground laws, which are in effect in more than half of U.S. states, are associated with higher homicide rates, increased racial disparities in legal outcomes, and broader public costs, ...

Judge to decide whether attorneys for Weldon Boyd and Bradley WIlliams can present 911 calls and witness statements without ...

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 ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Legal expert breaks down ongoing, controversial defense in South Carolina cases. The Stand Your ...

Gun control advocates say states need to rethink the laws. "Stand your ground laws," have proliferated around the country after they were first introduced in Florida in 2005, with proponents ...

Florida was the first state to pass the contentious law in 2005 and it has since expanded Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, ...