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

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 ...

In light of recent high-profile cases like the death of Scott Spivey in a 2023 Longs area shooting, discussions have emerged surrounding South Carolina's self-defense laws. Spivey was originally ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Luis Resendizgama was 16 when Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators say he shot and killed 33-year-old William Difonzo Jr. Now, the teen is free of criminal ...

Greg Hembree recalls having to call a staff meeting when South Carolina passed the law eliminating a person’s duty to retreat during a confrontation before using deadly force. “We had to talk about ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Falls woman admitted to shooting her husband on Wednesday evening. But a criminal complaint says she only did that after he came after her. Given that claim, Iowa’s ...

Florida was the first state to implement the stand-your-ground law in 2005, which allows people to use deadly or non-deadly force in self-defense. A local stand-your-ground case is happening right now ...

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 loved ones of a man shot to death over a parking space demand justice. A lawyer for the family of a Florida man shot dead in a fight over a parking space said Tuesday that if authorities allow the ...

Three Polk County defendants charged with murder are claiming self-defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. The law, enacted in 2005, removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force.

When Ajike “AJ” Owens went to Susan Lorincz’s door on June 2, 2023, the confrontation was one in a series of years-long disagreements between the two neighbors. Lorincz, 58 at the time, and Owens, 35, ...

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, ...