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  2. List of U.S. state constitutional provisions allowing self ...

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    Ohio: Const 1.16: Redress in courts (1851, amended 1912) "All courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him in his land, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and shall have justice administered without denial or delay" [39] Ohio: Supreme Court of Ohio Report & Recommendation Task Force on Pro Se

  3. Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia

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    A 2016 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association compared homicide rates in Florida following the passage of its "stand your ground" self-defense law to the rates in four control states, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Virginia, which have no similar laws. It found that the law was associated with a 24.4% increase in homicide and ...

  4. Duty to retreat - Wikipedia

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    State (1877), the Indiana court rejected a duty to retreat, saying, [1]: 551–2 [5] "the tendency of the American mind seems to be very strongly against" a duty to retreat. [5] The court went further in saying that no statutory law could require a duty to retreat, because the right to stand one's ground is "founded on the law of nature ; and ...

  5. Ohio judge deems 2021 fatal shooting stemming from ... - AOL

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    Brian K. Smith, 26, said he shot 46-year-old Rodney Brown in September 2021 in self-defense. A Franklin County judge agreed after hearing the case. Ohio judge deems 2021 fatal shooting stemming ...

  6. Some courts issue orders against self representation in civil cases. A court enjoined a former attorney from suing the new lover of her former boyfriend and colleague. [26] The Superior Court of Bergen New Jersey also issued an order against pro se litigation based on a number of lawsuits that were dismissed and a failure to provide income tax ...

  7. Do self-defense laws allow too much room for deadly violence?

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    The right to self-defense takes priority over progressives’ ideas of what counts as justice “In an era when activist whims enjoy frequent favor, it must be a jolt to see a jury fail to tap ...

  8. Self-defense (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In the past, one could resist an unlawful arrest and claim self-defense, however the modern trend is to move away from that rule. [7] In most jurisdictions allowing a person to resist an unlawful arrest, the state requires that the unlawful arrest be accompanied by excessive force. [ 8 ]

  9. Supreme Court of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey.In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging the validity of state laws under the state constitution.