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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the agency is currently closed. The agency will reopen under its normal schedule once funding has been re-established. During this period, staff will be unable to respond to emails or phone calls.

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Examining the Race Effects of Stand Your Ground Laws and Related Issues

April 6, 2020

This report examines whether there is a possible racial bias in the assertion, investigation, or enforcement of justifiable homicide laws in states with Stand Your Ground provisions.