and the State’s explanation of how self-defense law applied to this case was profoundly wrong. Counsel’s failure to object was objectively unreasonable, and it is reasonably probable that an ...

The first thing to know about “Stand Your Ground” is that traditional self-defense law often imposed a legal duty to retreat before using defensive force if a safe avenue of retreat was available.

Republican critics in California, including one sheriff, are in an uproar over a proposed bill that they say would essentially make many acts of self-defense illegal. Proposed […] ...