Bible, Angela Heywood,
Severe Abuse, Light Penalty. Angela Heywood Bible. - News & Observer, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 70, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Severe Abuse, Light Penalty, May 20, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Under state law [North Carolina], abusers can severely beat their partners with hands and feet, and--as long as their victims don't suffer debilitating injuries or die--they won't be charged with any form of felony, which could expose them to more severe punishment." (NEWS & OBSERVER) This article examines the frustration felt by prosecutors and judges who "say they are frustrated with the laws they enforce. The threshold for a felony is too high, they say, and District Court judges don't have the ability to appropriately punish batterers at the misdemeanor level."
1522-3256;
Abusive men
Criminal justice--Administration of
Criminal law
Family violence
Punishment
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Victims of family violence
Wife abuse
North Carolina
AC1.S5
050
Severe Abuse, Light Penalty. Angela Heywood Bible. - News & Observer, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 70, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Severe Abuse, Light Penalty, May 20, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Under state law [North Carolina], abusers can severely beat their partners with hands and feet, and--as long as their victims don't suffer debilitating injuries or die--they won't be charged with any form of felony, which could expose them to more severe punishment." (NEWS & OBSERVER) This article examines the frustration felt by prosecutors and judges who "say they are frustrated with the laws they enforce. The threshold for a felony is too high, they say, and District Court judges don't have the ability to appropriately punish batterers at the misdemeanor level."
1522-3256;
Abusive men
Criminal justice--Administration of
Criminal law
Family violence
Punishment
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Victims of family violence
Wife abuse
North Carolina
AC1.S5
050