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's new open carry law, in combination with the state's "stand your ground" law, creates new freedoms for residents -- ...

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

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

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, ...

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

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

South Carolina’s “Stand Your Ground Law” continues to be a controversial defense in cases involving shooting deaths. David J. Phillip AP Lawyers for a man accused of chasing and killing a 14-year-old, ...

It was approaching six in the morning by the time Glen Rich found his car at a nearby impound lot after having left the Sugar Shack nightclub in Tampa, Florida. He was determined to take his car home, ...

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, ...