{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-9","heading":"Conditions justifying force dangerous to life.","body":"A police officer may use force dangerous to human life to make a lawful arrest for committing or attempting to commit a felony, whenever he or she reasonably believes that force dangerous to human life is necessary to effect the arrest and that the person to be arrested is aware that a peace officer is attempting to arrest him or her.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 7 Arrest"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-7/12-7-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:24Z","sha256":"e2c3b5118ba9e20acc76b6f8ac4147275f7133e77fea1d95689a6d33cce3fd28","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}