# Re Castle Doctorine laws can you "hunt" a criminal in your house or do they have to come to you?

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**Created:** [August 3, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-castle-doctorine-laws-can-you-hunt-a-criminal-in-your-house-or-do-they-have-to-come-to-you/665266 "2013-08-03T19:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-castle-doctorine-laws-can-you-hunt-a-criminal-in-your-house-or-do-they-have-to-come-to-you/665266/21 "2013-08-06T03:19:11Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Depends on where you live. In Alaska you can [shoot 'em in the back as they run away down your driveway](http://juneauempire.com/stories/061303/sta_akdigest.shtml).

[New York](http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/dep-medical-examiner-says-cervini-shot-in-back-near-armpit/d/story/M_sKA2_aWES_378kZ1a-ew) [too](http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/490926/jury-finds-roderick-scott-not-guilty/). Again, though, I suspect that these cases are very fact-dependent.

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