According to Ohio law, residents have the right to stand their ground under the Castle Doctrine. The law states that “a person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indiana is generally considered a firearm friendly state and often postures its laws around the country's Second Amendment. Among ...

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 ...

Aristotle said, “Law is order, and good law is good order.” Although the law passed well after Aristotle’s time, his quote rings very true in regard to Ohio’s “Castle Doctrine.” Under the Castle ...

Read the very thorough article in Monday's paper about the Castle Doctrine and the killing of a 13-year-old ("Shooting draws attention to Castle Doctrine"). I sure am glad that doctrine was not the ...

“Your home is your castle” it is a saying that has informed centuries of self-defense law. But when deadly force is used, the legal protections behind that phrase can be far more limited than many ...

MADISON, Wis. — A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals court ruled ...

Authorities from Moore County Public Safety said the actions of an unnamed soldier who killed a utility worker in May near his home were justified under the North Carolina Castle Doctrine. That law ...

Lawmakers in the state House passed a bill Tuesday that would expand the law that allows people to protect themselves if they are attacked during a home invasion. “People should have the right to ...