PA Bill Number: HB2018
Title: Further providing for the disclosure of certain criminal history record information and certain information related to abuse to the Domestic Violence ...
Description: Further providing for the disclosure of certain criminal history record information and certain information related to abuse to the Domestic Vio ...
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Last Action Date: Nov 7, 2025
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.
