Self-Defense

Alexander Deltoro Jr. was found not guilty for the death of his mother, Cindy Deltoro, and battery for allegedly striking his father. More

May 6, 2025

OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney's attorneys argue the prosecutor's office accessed confidential messages between them and their client. More

May 1, 2025

Andrew Lester was scheduled to be sentenced on March 7 after pleading guilty in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, who survived. More

February 19, 2025

Ashley Benefield,will stay behind bars serving a who is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her husband, Doug Benefield's death. More

February 7, 2025

Gerald Declan Radford was acquitted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 52-year-old John Walter Lay. More

February 6, 2025

Collin Griffith was acquitted of murdering his mother in a stabbing, eighteen months after he shot and killed his father in self-defense. More

February 5, 2025

Kevin Ellis is facing several charges, including murder, for shooting Matthew Restelli seven times at a home in American Fork, Utah. More

January 29, 2025

Collin Griffith appears in bodyworn camera months before his mother's murder, begging to be taken out of his mother's care. More

January 22, 2025

Gerald Radford testified at a hearing that he feared for his life when he killed John 'Walt' Lay at a Tampa dog park. More

December 20, 2024

Taiseer 'Taz' Zarka was found guilty of a lesser-included offense in the death of Mark Garrity Jr., a customer he had accused of stealing. More

December 18, 2024

Courtney Clenney’s defense attorneys join Vinnie Politan to discuss their self-defense strategy in the stabbing death of Christian Obumseli and the evidence they have gathered. More

December 11, 2024

A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. More

December 9, 2024

The jury has begun their deliberations in the trial of Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran accused of killing Jordan Neely. More

December 3, 2024

UPDATE: Ashley Benefield was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield. More

December 3, 2024

Brian Camp was acquitted of manslaughter for the death of Johnathan Letendre, who allegedly broke into Camp's home. More

November 25, 2024

Jurors have heard opening statements in the trial of Daniel Penny, the veteran accused of choking a distressed subway rider to death last year. More

November 1, 2024

Former Marine Daniel Penny is accused of 'recklessly causing the death' of Jordan Neely on a subway train on May 1, 2023. More

October 21, 2024

Courtney Clenney's defense had knives thrown at a pig carcass to prove that she could have thrown the knife that killed Christian Obumseli. More

October 18, 2024

OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney's parents accused the State of 'digital burglary' for holding on to evidence in a dismissed case. More

September 11, 2024

Chad Richards is facing one count of first-degree intentional homicide for the death of Kara Welsh, who was found shot in her apartment. More

September 6, 2024

Attorneys for Ashley Benefield have asked to interview all jurors in the trial after one allegedly snuck a cell phone into deliberations. More

August 30, 2024

UPDATE: A jury found Marcia Thompson not guilty in the shooting death of her husband, Terry Thompson. She claimed self-defense. More

July 23, 2024

A judge ruled that prosecutors will not be allowed to retry George Alan Kelly on charges he murdered a migrant on his property. More

July 9, 2024

UPDATE: A mistrial has been declared in the trial of rancher George Alan Kelly, charged in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitema. More

April 23, 2024

A father and son accused of killing their neighbor, who was armed with a machete, have been released on bond. More

December 20, 2023

Andrew Lester will stand trial for shooting Ralph Yarl in October 2024. He maintained his not guilty plea at a hearing Wednesday. More

September 20, 2023

A judge ruled there is sufficient evidence for Andrew Lester to stand trial on assault charges for shooting Ralph Yarl. More

August 31, 2023

UPDATE: Quaneesha Johnson was sentenced to 20 years for the death of Demonte Smith. 10 years of confinement and 10 years of probation. More

August 28, 2023

A judge dismissed charges against a Kansas mother who claimed she murdered her boyfriend in self-defense and to protect her child. More

August 7, 2023

Ashley Benefield is facing a second-degree murder charge for the September 2020 death of Douglas Benefield. She claims it was self-defense. More

July 7, 2023