A jury in Oregon sided with the defense and voted to acquit a cannabis store manager who killed two armed robbers. Jason Steiner, 35, was facing two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in ...

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 ...

CANTON, S.D. (KELO) — A Tea man is asking a Lincoln County judge to dismiss a first-degree murder case because of self-defense. On Wednesday at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton, 61-year-old ...

After shootings in Columbus, suspects sometimes raise self-defense claims. Sometimes these claims are successful; sometimes they aren’t. The Dispatch spoke with a legal expert to figure out when ...

Hypervigilance and situational awareness are just two of the points instructors offered to women and girls in a self-defense class at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative on a recent Friday evening. ...

The Indiana Supreme Court has sided with an Indianapolis man who raised a self-defense claim following his shooting of another person in 2021. In Wednesday’s ruling, the state’s highest court vacated ...

EVERETT, Wash. — New details are emerging about the shooting of a postal worker by a driver delivering packages for Amazon. The accused now claims he acted in self-defense. The 26-year-old suspect ...