The shooting death of a Georgia man has thrust a complicated and often misunderstood legal tenet into the spotlight. The concept of “citizen’s arrest” is a common cultural trope, but it’s also at the ...

In February, father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael killed Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged near his home in Satilla Shores, Georgia. State prosecutor George Barnhill justified the act by citing ...

A fishing trip at a neighborhood lake in East Memphis has turned into a criminal case over just how far a private citizen can go when trying to enforce the law himself. Stanley Trezevant is ... Read ...

Explainer - A Hamilton man was recently arrested after making a citizen's arrest. What are the rules around the recent law changes?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of making a citizen’s arrest on a child who he said was fishing on his East Memphis property appeared in court on Friday morning. Stanley Trezevant is charged with ...

Welp, that bloke – Russell Howarth, to be specific – has been embroiled in an ongoing legal battle over said citizen's arrests, which has finally culminated in his being ordered to pay nearly $400,000 ...