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Stephen Colbert and Rep. Maxwell Frost discussed dangers of masked ICE agents in "Stand Your Ground" states on Thursday, with ...
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert questioned whether Florida's "Stand Your Ground" laws put masked ICE agents at risks during a conversation with Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., on Thursday.
"Stand your ground" laws, Hassan notes, "go further" because they "apply anyplace where a person has a legal right to be, not just at home." He cites Florida's law as an example.
The law does not bar such a driver from being criminally prosecuted, though their defense could be bolstered by Florida’s ...
The "stand your ground" self-defense law has been in effect in Florida for over six years. The law is now associated with over 700 deaths.
Missouri is one of about 30 states with a “stand your ground” law. New York is not, but defendants there and elsewhere can argue that their actions are protected by what is known as the ...
A White man claiming self-defense after he shot a Black teenager this week when he rang the doorbell of his Kansas City home has reignited the debate over "stand your ground" laws. Andrew D.
Deondrick Anderson's mother, activists gathered to protest Manatee Judge Frederick Mercurio's dismissal of murder case under ...
The case was closed with state attorneys citing stand-your-ground law and contradictory statements from those involved and witnesses ...
Supporters say Ohio's "stand your ground" law will give much needed protections to people caught in life-threatening situations. But opponents argue that "make my day" laws actually make people ...
An ex-security guard at a southeast Topeka event venue is citing the Kansas Stand Your Ground law in his defense against a homicide charge he faces.