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2 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Murder case dropped against North Miami-Dade teen who fatally shot unarmed burglar

In what was another test of the state's controversial Stand Your Ground self-defense law, Miami-Dade authorities announced Wednesday they won't charge a teen who waited outside an apartment building and fatally shot an unarmed burglar as he tried to escape.

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Related Topix: Life, Florida

5 hrs ago | The Citizens' Voice

Wilkes-Barre man's lawyers want murder charges dismissed

In a memorandum filed today, defense attorney Peter John Moses says Thomas fatally shot 40-year-old Derrick Cottle only after watching his son get severely beaten and hearing threats against his family.

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Related Topix: Wilkes-Barre, PA, Life, Luzerne County, PA

6 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch

Zimmerman Attorneys Withdraw from Case: George Zimmerman's lawyers withdraw from his defense after they say they lost contact with the man who shot and killed an unarmed black Florida teenager.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Sanford, FL, Crime TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Life

8 hrs ago | UpNorthLive.com

Legal review finds deputy who shot and killed CMU abductor acted in self defense

A legal review and analysis of the events that led to the shooting of 31-year-old Eric Ramsey after he abducted and raped a Central Michigan Student found the deputy who shot him was acting in self defense.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life

9 hrs ago | Magic 98.3 Columbus

She is seen taking the mic and striking it at a fan when the crowd started tugging her back

Apparently Rihanna doesn't just use her microphone for singing, she uses it for self-defense too.

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Related Topix: Dance, Rihanna, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, R-N-B, Life

9 hrs ago | The Indianapolis Star

Guns more often used to frighten than aid in self-defense

The Trayvon Martin murder case will boil down to one claim known by mothers everywhere.

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Related Topix: Life, Opinion

9 hrs ago | Arkansas Times

Opening statements in trial of Josh Hastings, cop charged with manslaughter

David Koon has provided summaries of opening statements in the trial of former Little Rock police officer Josh Hastings , charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a car burglary suspect, Bobby Moore Jr., 15. Deputy Prosecutor John Johnson said Moore and his companions were committing crimes, but Hastings had acted recklessly and not in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Life

13 hrs ago | Free Republic

TX:Man claims self defense in deadly shooting

According to police, the man and his girlfriend got into an argument at the man's home on Dullnig Court around 11:45 p.m. Sunday.

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Related Topix: Life

16 hrs ago | Folio Weekly

Hot Bullets, Cold Truth

Learn the truth about "stand your ground" self-defense shootings if you want to stay out of the Jacksonville Jail.

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Related Topix: Life, Prison, Violent Crime

20 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Illinois AG seeks to deny forcibly disarmed young woman her day in court

Yesterday, we looked at Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's latest maneuvers intended to minimize Illinoisans' Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Life

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Booker Rising

Mychal Massie Op-Ed: More Obama Disregard For Blacks

Sign up to Booker Rising's RSS feed to receive updates in your feed reader or sign up with your email address below to receive the updates via email! The conservative Republican commentator opines : "As I indicated, Obama personally interjected himself into what many, myself included, believe was a clear case of self-defense when George Zimmerman ... (more)

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Related Topix: Life, Illegal Immigration, US News, Opinion

The Orlando Sentinel

Leesburg resident Charles Givens faces life in prison after pleading guilty to killing girlfriend

Charles Givens, 51, gave up his case two days into the murder trial, which had started June 10, and gave his plea without any deal on a potential sentence, Assistant State Attorney Bill Gross said.

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Related Topix: Life

CBS Local

Attorneys For Man Charged In Camden Yards Beating Says He Was Acting In Self-Defense

One day after the family of a man critically injured at an Orioles game wearing a Yankees cap speaks out, attorneys for one of the suspects says his client is innocent.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Life

Vancouver Sun

Poland prosecutors checking if enough evidence for charges against Nazi-led unit commander

In this picture taken May 10, 2013, a monument pays tribute to civilians who were burned alive during WWII in Pidhaitsi close to Ukraine's western city of Lutsk.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Life, Poland

The Miami Herald

No criminal charges for Miami Shores teen in WaveRunner fatal shooting

Miami-Dade prosecutors will not charge a teen who fatally shot an unarmed man who stole a WaveRunner from the back of a family's bayside Miami Shores home.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Life, North Bay Village, FL

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

911 call: Judge in Zimmerman trial hears dispute

A voice recognition researcher for George Zimmerman is discounting the methods of prosecution experts who claim that screams captured on a 911 call belong to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and not to the ex-neighborhood watch volunteer.

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Related Topix: Sanford, FL, Life

Alabama Live

Trial: Defense attorney tells jurors his client shot and killed Birmingham man in self defense

Korde Lorodius Turner shot and killed Leroy "Little Fred" Yarbrough in self-defense in 2009, Turner's lawyer told jurors in opening statements of Turner's murder trial this morning.

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Related Topix: Life, Birmingham, AL, Jefferson County, AL

Free Republic

Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke Encourages Gun Ownership, Now Under Attack by County Board

This past spring, many of you may have heard of, or viewed news reports pertaining to Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's public service announcements that made national news.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee County, WI, Guns, Life

Alabama Live

Mobile County jury convicts Brandon Estle of murder in baseball-bat attack on former...

MOBILE, Alabama - A jury this afternoon convicted Brandon Estle of murder in last year's baseball-bat attack of a former high school classmate.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL, Mobile, AL, Life

Free Republic

South Carolina Man Arrested For Beating Disabled Man With His Own Prosthetic Leg

A disabled South Carolina man was pushed off a moped and then beaten with his own prosthetic leg by an assailant who was arrested early today for assault, cops charge.

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Related Topix: Life, Webb City, MO

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