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A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...
The castle doctrine and "stand-your-ground" laws provide legal defenses to persons who have been charged with various use-of-force crimes against persons, such as murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, and illegal discharge or brandishing of weapons, as well as attempts to commit such crimes.
Most U.S. jurisdictions have a stand-your-ground law [2] or apply what is known as the castle doctrine, whereby a threatened person need not retreat within his or her own dwelling or place of work. Sometimes this has been the result of court rulings that one need not retreat in a place where one has a special right to be. [ 3 ]
A majority of U.S. jurisdictions do not follow the common law rule that a person must retreat prior to using deadly force, [11] but rather have rejected this theory via statutory law in what are known as "stand your ground laws", which explicitly remove the duty to retreat. [12]
The Castle Doctrine, the new pseudo-MMO by indie star Jason Rohrer, asks players to fill the shoes of a paranoid home owner who needs to protect his wife, kids, and home at almost any cost. Even ...
Being part of the Southern United States and Western United States, Oklahoma is home to a strong gun culture, which is reflected in Oklahoma's gun laws. On May 15, 2012, Oklahoma State Senate Bill 1733 was signed into law by Governor Mary Fallin, which authorized open and concealed carry of handguns by permit holders. This law took effect ...
The Oklahoma State Department of Education threatened to lower Edmond Public Schools accreditation if it did not remove the two books, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls and “The Kite ...
The FBI is investigating racist text messages being sent to Black people across the country, including in the Oklahoma cities of Tulsa and Edmond. Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern ...