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100			_aBible, Angela Heywood,
245		0	_aSevere Abuse, Light Penalty. _cAngela Heywood Bible.
260			_bNews & Observer, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 70, _pInstitutions, _x1522-3256;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: Severe Abuse, Light Penalty, May 20, 2003; pp. n.p..
520			_a"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."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAbusive men
650			_aCriminal justice _xAdministration of
650			_aCriminal law
650			_aFamily violence
651			_aNorth Carolina
650			_aPunishment
650			_aSentences (Criminal procedure)
650			_aVictims of family violence
650			_aWife abuse
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pInstitutions. _x1522-3256;
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