The fatal shooting in early November of a house cleaner who mistakenly went to the wrong address in Indiana feels hauntingly ...

Your home is your castle” it is a saying that has informed centuries of self-defense law. But when deadly force is used, the ...

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

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A West Palm Beach mom turned to WPTV as she seeks accountability in her son's death. Was the man who fatally shot Rolando Victorero "standing his ground" under Florida's self ...

Karen Conti, Chicago trial attorney, joins Bob Sirott to talk about an update in the case against former FBI Director James ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ajike “AJ” Owens was a dedicated 35-year-old mother of four when she was shot and killed by her 58-year-old ...

The new documentary "The Perfect Neighbor" uses police body cam footage to reconstruct what led to the killing of Ajike Owens in 2023. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Geeta Gandbhir.

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 ...

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 ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in connection with a 2019 shootout in Miramar that left a UPS employee and another victim dead. “He has been granted immunity, ...

Ajike “AJ” Owens was a dedicated 35-year-old mother of four when she was shot and killed by her 58-year-old neighbor, Susan Lorincz, in June 2023. The tragedy, which rocked the otherwise peaceful, ...

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, ...