Severe Abuse, Light Penalty. Angela Heywood Bible.
by Bible, Angela Heywood; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 70Institutions. Publisher: News & Observer, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Abusive men | Criminal justice -- Administration of | Criminal law | Family violence | North Carolina | Punishment | Sentences (Criminal procedure) | Victims of family violence | Wife abuseDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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