The Netflix documentary tells the true story of Ajike “AJ” Owens, who was shot and killed by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz In 2024, Lorincz was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in ...

The killing of Scott Spivey, and prosecutors refusal to press charges, illustrates just how problematic the state's stand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2023, one of Owens’ sons had an altercation with Lorincz after he went to retrieve his tablet from the yard. Lorincz threw ...

A judge is weighing whether South Carolina’s “stand your ground” law applies in the wrongful death case involving Weldon Boyd ...

A judge has denied a man’s claim of self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law after prosecutors say he slashed an off-duty Orange County sheriff’s deputy during a road rage confrontation in ...

Antonio Brown is seeking to have his attempted murder charge thrown out, arguing that Florida’s Stand Your Ground law protects him from prosecution stemming from a 2025 shooting outside a Miami-area ...

On Nov. 17, Boone County prosecutor Kent Eastwood filed voluntary manslaughter charges against Curt Andersen, who shot and killed Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez as she tried to enter the front door of his ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caroline Light, Harvard University (THE CONVERSATION) Twenty years ago, Florida Gov.

In Netflix's new documentary The Perfect Neighbor, "stand your ground" laws are at the center. Composed mostly of police body camera footage, The Perfect Neighbor tells the tragic true story of Ajike ...

Florida was the first state to pass the contentious law in 2005 and it has since expanded Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, ...