The Netflix documentary tells the true story of Ajike “AJ” Owens, who was shot and killed by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz In 2024, Lorincz was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in ...

Florida's Stand Your Ground law allows deadly force in self-defense without a duty to retreat. What about warning shots?

On Nov. 17, Boone County prosecutor Kent Eastwood filed voluntary manslaughter charges against Curt Andersen, who shot and killed Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez as she tried to enter the front door of his ...

The debate regarding controversial Stand Your Ground laws has once again hit a fever pitch following the release of The Perfect Neighbor. The Netflix documentary, which premiered in October 2025, ...

How many people have to die before we take a hard look at the stand-your-ground defense in Texas? How long before the message gets out that this will-nilly shooting of people on your property is a bad ...

Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, commonsense, anti-crime issue.” Caroline Light is a senior lecturer on studies of women, gender ...

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In Netflix's new documentary The Perfect Neighbor, "stand your ground" laws are at the center. Composed mostly of police body camera footage, The Perfect Neighbor tells the tragic true story of Ajike ...