The Gazette

Divided appeals court reverses murder convictions due to faulty self-defense instruction

The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in downtown Denver houses the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that an incomplete ...
The Gazette

Appeals court orders new Weld County murder trial after judge refused to give self-defense instruction

The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in downtown Denver houses the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided a Weld County judge should ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Md. Supreme Court takes up Cecil County case on self-defense, merging of sentences

The Maryland Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case originating in Cecil County that centers on a self-defense instruction and the merging of sentences for assault and reckless endangerment. The ...
AOL

Judge excludes self-defense after arguments over jury instructions in Timberview shooting

Instructions guiding the deliberation of the jury in the trial of a Mansfield Timberview High School student indicted on attempted capital murder will not permit the panel to consider that the ...
WHIO

Self-defense class could become requirement to graduate high school in Ohio

Two local Ohio state representatives are advocating for self-defense classes in high school. State Representatives Tom Young (R-Washington Twp.) and Andrea White (R-Kettering) introduced House Bill ...