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, ...

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

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Miami-Dade Police officer who was involved in an intense 2019 shootout with carjackers during a rush hour pursuit and subsequently charged for the death of a UPS ...

Stand your ground laws have not made communities any safer, nor prevented crime. There is reliable evidence they have done just the opposite.

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

A hearing is underway to determine whether Florida's Stand Your Ground law can be used by a suspended Miami-Dade police officer to defend against manslaughter charges in a 2019 shootout that killed ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A judge is hearing the beginning arguments on whether Florida’s “stand your ground” law applies to an officer involved in a shootout with armed robbers that led to the ...

MIAMI — A Broward County judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a Miami-Dade police officer — charged in the deaths of two innocent bystanders, including a UPS driver, during a 2019 shootout at ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Jose Mateo, a suspended Miami-Dade deputy, appeared in Broward County court on Friday. His defense claimed that a manslaughter case against him over a 2019 shooting that killed ...

Steve Maugeri joined the CBS News Miami team in April 2024. Steve has always loved the beach and is excited to live this close to the ocean within a major city as well! Before the defense rested, ...