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Lexington’s first homicide of the year has been ruled justifiable after a police investigation.

When a white person kills a black man in America, the killer often faces no legal consequences. In one in six of these killings, there is no criminal sanction, according to a new Marshall Project ...

After the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida, many in the media have noted that Florida's stand-your-ground laws have correlated with a great increase in the number of justifiable homicides by private ...

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He knocked on the door, ready to confront the man he believed had broken into his apartment. It would be the second time that night that the two men had quarreled, and this time, Jerome A. Washington, ...

In his Contract Law column, Glen Banks analyzes the Court of Appeals' decisions in 'ACA Financial Guaranty v. Goldman Sachs & Co.', where it addressed whether a contention of a lack of justifiable ...

In February, the film Article 20, directed by Zhang Yimou, drew its name from Article 20 of the Criminal Law and focuses on the sometimes contentious legal concept of justifiable defense. It attracted ...

A poster for the film Article 20 shows actress Zhao Liying portraying a deaf-mute mother. The movie has sparked discussion about the legal concept of justifiable self-defense. CHINA DAILY Comments ...