Bible, Angela Heywood, <br/><br/>
Severe Abuse, Light Penalty. 
Angela Heywood Bible. 
 -  News & Observer,  2003. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Article 70,  Institutions,  1522-3256; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Originally Published: Severe Abuse, Light Penalty, May 20, 2003; pp. n.p.. 
<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3256; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abusive men<br/>Criminal justice--Administration of<br/>Criminal law<br/>Family violence<br/>Punishment<br/>Sentences (Criminal procedure)<br/>Victims of family violence<br/>Wife abuse
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>North Carolina
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050