In a murder case where numerous commuters recorded the violence on cellphone video, the facts are not at issue. As for what motivated him to slash the throats of three unarmed men, attorneys for the killer told a jury Tuesday that he acted in self-defense.
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Changes made two years ago to Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” self-defense law that switched the burden of proof cannot be applied retroactively, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot, reigniting the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law, will serve a 20-year prison sentence, a judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreJurors heard opening arguments Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot and reignited the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
Read moreA Texas appeals court ruled that a man convicted for shooting another man in the neck during a brawl that broke out during a tailgate party outside of the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium had no right to a self-defense jury instruction, because he said that he did not intend for the gun to go off and the victim did not provoke him.
Read moreOne of two American teenagers jailed in Rome for allegedly slaying a police officer said he stabbed the plainclothes officer because he feared he was being strangled, according to a judge’s ruling obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
Read moreNew York’s ban on Tasers and stun guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, just one day after the Illinois Supreme Court reached a similar decision.
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An emotional Dallas leader of the Bandidos motorcycle gang testified on his own behalf Tuesday in a case over a deadly shootout with rivals, denying he is part of a criminal gang and claiming he fired in self-defense.
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A man standing trial for the murder of former Fox executive Gavin Smith claimed self-defense Thursday, while a county prosecutor painted the killing as premeditated and sparked by an on-again, off-again love affair between Smith and the defendant’s wife.
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The man accused of stabbing three people who confronted him for a racist tirade on a commuter train cried, “not guilty” in court Wednesday, claiming self-defense against the surviving victim.
Read moreA Cleveland security guard claims in court that the city has refused to return his guns that were used as evidence after he shot and killed a home invader, even though the case against the intruder’s accomplice is over.
Read moreSaying high court intervention is needed again on gun rights, the attorneys general of 26 states signed an amicus brief Thursday that calls on the justices to put California’s tough restrictions on concealed-carry permits in their crosshairs.
Read moreEchoing a recent claims out of Maryland, the attorney general of Massachusetts faces a federal complaint over the ban on selling or possessing Tasers and other stun guns, weapons that many citizens prefer to carry to avoid using lethal force in self-defense.
Read moreA Maryland woman who had to learn how to walk again after a brutal attack by her ex left her brain damaged is leading the charge against county and city laws that restrict Taser possession.
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