Imagine that you are assaulted by a person threatening you with deadly force. May you
lawfully respond, in turn, with deadly force? You don't yet know enough facts to determine …

For three years, Air Force Sergeant Jason Rolls was forced to await a decision that would
determine whether he would spend the next forty years in jail or walk free.'Rolls believed …

In most of the United States, the answer is no. By statute, court rulings, or a combination of
both, more than thirty states have adopted a" Stand Your Ground"(No Retreat) rule which …

Both utilitarian and retributive criminal law scholars acknowledge the right of an individual to
kill another in self-defense., Selfdefense, as a defense to a charge of murder or …

The justification of self-defense generally allows the use of a reasonable amount of force
when a victim of an attack has a reasonable belief that the use of force is necessary in order …

This article seeks to explore whether and to what extent our understanding of self-defense
depends upon a citizen's relationship with the state. Part II begins by setting forth Professor …

From 1893 to 1896, the United States Supreme Court handed down a series of decisions
involving self-defense and the carrying and use of firearms for self-defense. These cases …

For at least a century the common law of Washington and of virtually every state in the
United States has permitted a citizen to use deadly force in self-defense, but only if he was …

While Perry did not elaborate on the idea, its logic is compelling. An adversary considering
the development of such weapons will have less incentive if it is aware that its effort …

S INCE 2005, there have been significant changes in how American selfdefense law treats
the situations and places where one is privileged to use deadly force in self-defense. 2 …