Clarifies self-defense rights in Hawaii, allowing use of deadly force without retreat in one's home or on one's property.
Hawaii HB851 amends the state's self-defense laws to clarify that individuals do not have a duty to retreat if they use deadly force to protect themselves against death, serious bodily injury, kidnapping, rape, or forcible sodomy while in their dwelling or on their property, unless they were the initial aggressor. The bill also repeals language that previously allowed the use of deadly force in the confinement of a person during an unlawful arrest.
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