Matthew John, 21, is charged with murdering his half-brother, Joshua Hopkins, 22, but defense says John had a paint can ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.

South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first ...

Jason Charles Dixon, 46, faces 12 years in prison if his plea deal is approved by the court for one count of manslaughter, an ...

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) - Jacob Sipe’s second-degree murder trial started in Waynesboro Circuit Court on Tuesday.

The head of U.S. Forces Japan, Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, speaks during the Joint Operations Command activation ...

Because of that, some legal experts argue that Israel cannot reflexively invoke a right to self-defense, at least as understood in a legal context. Some argue that, morally, Israel had no choice ...

In other words, since guns are, by design, lethal weapons, they realize that self-defense will sometimes demand that the defender end the life of the assailant, and that until and unless people ...

The confrontation escalated when police fired a less-than-lethal round as Simpson exited ... allowed to consider whether Simpson acted in self-defense. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years ...

A law proposed by a Los Angeles-area Democrat that would have narrowed the scope of when someone could use lethal force in an act of self-defense has been withdrawn, the bill's sponsor announced on ...