The bill, classifying abortion as first-degree murder, was branded extreme by Democrats as it passed its first reading.

A Republican bill in North Carolina would implement the most restrictive abortion ban in the country.

Gov. Bill Lee signed several high-profile Tennessee bills into law Friday, including measures dealing with deadly force ...

Here’s a breakdown of two of those newly-signed laws, which are set to take effect July 1.

“Officers may use deadly force only when the law enforcement officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the LEO or to ...

A citizen review of cases where police allegedly used deadly force against citizens has in the past languished for years. A new agreement has the police promptly referring closed cases to the board.

An agreement between the Atlanta Citizen Review Board and the Atlanta Police Department comes in the wake of nearly six months of talks on how to address findings by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ...

Castle Doctrine laws have become both a common and controversial part of penal codes across the country in recent decades. The main idea is that they increase landowner rights in protecting property ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A review by a prosecutor has concluded that officers were justified in their use of deadly force in a shooting that killed a Jacksonville man. The announcement stems from a March ...

Bills on deadly force, drink spiking signed into TN law ...