The recent shooting by a federal ICE officer in Minneapolis has sparked legal questions on the use of deadly force, ...

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that self-defense can excuse the killing of an unintended victim. However, defendants may be held responsible if their actions pose a substantial risk of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee at the National Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10. [AFP/YONHAP] TOKYO — Concerns ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Kenneth Santana-Rodriguez, charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 shooting at the Holyoke Mall, can argue self-defense ...

Probably the most important way we’re different from most self-defense is that we actively oppose victim-blaming. We know that whatever someone decides to do in any situation, whatever action they do ...

A murder suspect can claim self-defense to justify killing an innocent bystander, the state’s highest court has ruled. The Supreme Judicial Court took up the Western Mass homicide case from 2023 ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's president vowed Wednesday to sharply increase defense spending and build a more self-reliant military, as U.S. President Donald Trump's “ America First” agenda ...

Attorneys for Larry W. Taylor are asking to admit information backing a self-defense claim in a June 2024 Jacksonville fatal ...

Indiana is generally considered a firearm friendly state and often postures its laws around the country's Second Amendment. Among the more recent moves, in 2022, the state passed its version of a ...