Three members of a shooting victim's family have been arrested - one of them officially charged - in his murder investigation ...

Hampton Roads legal experts recommend that if you own a gun, you should know what is and is not legal self-defense. Getting it wrong could lead to murder charges.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, was apprehended in Butte and charged with one count of deliberate homicide and two counts of ...

Self-defense laws require another look. We ask judges and juries to place themselves in someone else's shoes and consider: What can we ask of a person in this situation? This means that we may ...

The U.S. Constitution grants states wide latitude over areas of law and administration not explicitly accorded ... And crucially, it can also provide a defense against a sudden slide toward tyranny.

Please advise. Self-defense is one of the justifying circumstances recognized under our law. If it is proven, the person being accused of committing a crime will be exempt from criminal liability.

The re-examination of the case comes more than 35 years after Jose and Kitty Menendez were fatally shot in their Beverly Hills mansion.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...

The investigation into Ashley Benefield and her husband's killing revealed two contrasting motivations and raised questions about domestic abuse and self-defense. Ashley Benefield, a 33-year-old ...