Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man who claimed self-defense in a fatal shooting and whose conviction and life sentence were overturned has pleaded guilty to ...

A 2021 change to Ohio law is making it more difficult for prosecutors to secure murder convictions when a defendant claims ...

Louis F. Locascio of Law Office of Andrew S. Blumer. Courtesy photo On May 6, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a defendant’s attempted murder convictions because the trial court “instructed ...

Fort Worth federal Judge Mark Pittman specifically named Benjamin Song as the person who nonfatally shot a police officer outside an ICE detention center. Pittman ruled Song and the defendants charged ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers are making a last-ditch effort to retroactively change self-defense laws to help overturn the murder conviction of one man and help another escape being found guilty. A bill ...

An earlier appellate decision said deadly force, like using a firearm or a knife, can be used to protect yourself against death, injury or assault, if the force is reasonable. Prosecutors fear the ...