Shootings of people who mistakenly go to the wrong house test the limits of stand your ground laws

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

18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California’s rarely used Racial Justice Act

Attorneys from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Stanford Law School filed 18 petitions seeking to reduce the prison terms of ...
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What to know about stand-your-ground laws

Karen Conti, Chicago trial attorney, joins Bob Sirott to talk about an update in the case against former FBI Director James ...
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Indiana Shooting Exposes Crucial Limits of Stand-Your-Ground Laws

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

Indiana fatal shooting renews questions about stand-your-ground laws and their limits. Here’s what to know

Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez’s mistaken arrival at the wrong Indiana address Wednesday cost her her life. As the house cleaner tried to enter the home she thought was scheduled for ...