NEWSTALK 860 » stand your ground law http://ksfa860.com Wed, 22 May 2013 20:24:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Controversial Shooting Gets Houston Man 40 Years http://ksfa860.com/houston-man-gets-40-years-for-standing-his-ground/ http://ksfa860.com/houston-man-gets-40-years-for-standing-his-ground/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:26:27 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=75899 KHOU TV in Houston reports a man who claimed Texas’ version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to kill a neighbor in an argument over a noisy party has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Barring a successful appeal, a prison cell much like the one shown below will be his home for at least the next 20 years.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/houston-man-gets-40-years-for-standing-his-ground/feed/ 0 via Flickr/TexasDigital Lawmaker Wants to Change Texas "Castle Doctrine" http://ksfa860.com/lawmaker-wants-to-change-texas-castle-doctrine/ http://ksfa860.com/lawmaker-wants-to-change-texas-castle-doctrine/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:11:00 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=56142 A Houston State Representative says he will work to repeal Texas’ “Castle Doctrine”, the law that gives Texans protections similar to Florida’s “stand your ground” law that is coming under fire in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lawmaker-wants-to-change-texas-castle-doctrine/feed/ 0 State Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston)