Stephen Colbert and Rep. Maxwell Frost discussed dangers of masked ICE agents in "Stand Your Ground" states on Thursday, with ...

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert questioned whether Florida's "Stand Your Ground" laws put masked ICE agents at risks ...

"Stand your ground" self-defense laws have been back in the news recently, although it is not clear why. That mystery highlights longstanding journalistic confusion on this subject, which ...

Missouri is one of about 30 states with a “stand your ground” law. New York is not, but defendants there and elsewhere can argue that their actions are protected by what is known as the ...

A White man claiming self-defense after he shot a Black teenager this week when he rang the doorbell of his Kansas City home has reignited the debate over "stand your ground" laws. Andrew D.

Those include stand your ground statutes, which allow individuals to use deadly force in dangerous situations even when they could have safely retreated from the encounter. "If this is the sort of ...

The real question is what killed Neely, and I can answer that. Stand your ground killed Jordan Neely. The stand your ground principle, as written into law, means if you're doing something I don't ...

Ralph Yarl: Prosecutors charge Kansas City homeowner for shooting teen Experts say these unpredictable acts of violence are made worse by so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws, provisions that ...

The case was closed with state attorneys citing stand-your-ground law and contradictory statements from those involved and witnesses ...

Because the shooting of Ajike Owens happened in Ocala, Florida, investigators are trying to determine whether the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law will apply. A 35-year-old Black mother, ...

Missouri is among more than 30 states that have adopted some version of stand your ground laws over the past two decades, said Robert Spitzer, a professor emeritus of political science at the ...

A White man claiming self-defense after he shot a Black teenager this week when he rang the doorbell of his Kansas City home has reignited the debate over "stand your ground" laws. Andrew D.