Editing Carjacking (section)

====State law====
Some states have a specific carjacking statute. Other states do not have a specific carjacking law, and prosecute carjackers under the general robbery statute.<ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/print/cj/fslautotheftpptchart.pdf Auto Theft & Carjacking State Statutes], National Conference of State Legislators (last accessed November 25, 2017).</ref>

The law of some states, such as [[Louisiana]], explicitly lists a killing in the course of defending oneself against forcible entry of an occupied motor vehicle as a [[justifiable homicide]].<ref name="Cherbonneau"/><ref>Associated Press, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-14-mn-22319-story.html Louisiana Drivers Given License to Kill] (August 14, 1997).</ref><ref>Susan Michelle Gerlin, [http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=law_urbanlaw Louisiana's New "Kill the Carjacker" Statute: Self-Defense or Instant Injustice?], 55 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 10, (January 1999).</ref>