PA Bill Number: HB2059
Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; providing for segregated confinement; and establishing the Segregated Confinement ...
Description: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; providing for segregated confinement; and establishing the Segregated Confi ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 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.
