A Texas jury ruled Tuesday that a white police officer who shot and killed an innocent black man in his own home is guilty of murder. The conviction came even after a widely criticized last-minute ...

Former police officer Amber Guyger used the 'Castle Doctrine' in her defense. The former Texas lawmaker who wrote the state's "Castle Doctrine" self-defense law said it "wasn't designed" to be ...

For example, although Zimmerman will likely be denied protection under the doctrine, and Alabama woman who fatally shot a man while walking her dog on her street was protected under the castle ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Castle Doctrine justifies deadly force when a person intrudes on ...

The author of Texas’ “Castle Doctrine” law, which eases the rules on when deadly force can be used in the home, said it wouldn’t apply under the circumstances of the Martin case because ...