PA Bill Number: HB2701
Title: In health care, further providing for definitions, for legislative findings and intent, for compliance, for conflicting advance health care ...
Description: In health care, further providing for definitions, for legislative findings and intent, for compliance, for conflicting advance health care .. ...
Last Action: Referred to Health
Last Action Date: Jul 14, 2026
Justifiable killings rise in Virginia and the nation :: 05/30/2011
The number of justifiable killings committed by police and private citizens has been trending upward over the past decade, rising in 2009 to their highest levels in more than a dozen years in both Virginia and the nation.
There are no definitive answers to what is causing more law-enforcement officers and individuals to use deadly force in dealing with crime. But some criminologists say changing attitudes about the circumstances in which lethal force can be used in self-defense situations might be a driving factor.
