Category: Violent Crimes
When Can I Use Force to Protect My Property?
Florida has in recent years reasserted homeowners’ rights to self-defense while home in the so-called “castle doctrine.” The state also affirms your right to use (or threaten to use) force to defend your property, providing more protections than many other states in this regard. However, the reality of how property defense cases are handled is…
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Florida Stand Your Ground Law
The 2005 Florida Stand Your Ground (SYG) law drastically changed the way Florida law handled self-defense. Self-defense is an affirmative defense that allows one to defend his or herself or another person from bodily harm. The most significant change to the self-defense law was the dramatic expansion of the “no duty to retreat” rule of…
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