In a trial where prosecutors unwittingly helped make the case in support of Kyle Rittenhouse’s right of self-defense, they sought during closing arguments to deprive him of that right by arguing that ...

Cases where juries have accepted a man was provoked into ending his wife’s life prompt more questions about how the justice system fails women After a Gold Coast man who bludgeoned his teenage ...

And, in scenes airing on 60 Minutes tonight at 9pm on Nine, the wife-killer is confronted on a street about his past. Despite bashing and strangling his wife of 23 years, Ramage used the controversial ...

In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz writes that the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the Ninth Circuit's "provocation doctrine" on the ground that it was inconsistent with ...

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the unanimous opinion of the court in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez in deciding the Fourth Amendment affords no basis for the “provocation rule.” The rule allowed for a ...

Queensland’s archaic provocation defence could be scrapped after a review of legislation found it could be abused by domestic violence offenders.

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. On Wednesday, March 22, the eight-justice court will hear argument in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, a Fourth Amendment ...

Provocation is not an innocent act. Under specific circumstances, provocation constitutes a tort or even a crime, especially when it deliberately generates a violent response. There is no binding ...