Our law doesn't always keep pace with teachings from science, psychology, brain development, or mental health. But when it finally catches up, it is indeed newsworthy. For example, it was in 2012, ...
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 ...
A Florida court has dismissed charges against a 79-year-old man who invoked a controversial self-defense law after fatally shooting his neighbor’s adult son as he trimmed tree limbs — and threatened ...