HI SCR214

Requests the Attorney General to review Hawaii's laws regarding civil and criminal liability for persons using force, including deadly force, to protect other persons.

Directs the Attorney General to determine whether amendments to current laws should be made to provide additional legal protections for persons who intervene to protect others from violent crimes.

References the January 2008 case of Janel Tupuola, who was fatally attacked while witnesses did not intervene, citing concerns about legal liability and the "bystander effect" as barriers to intervention.

Notes that under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 703-301, persons using justified force to protect others can still be sued civilly by the attacker or attacker's family.

Requires the Attorney General to submit a report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation no later than twenty days prior to the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature.