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1433
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As lawmakers began their special session on crime, punishment dominated the debate while preventive measures faced considerable skepticism.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 7, Feb 1994,
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1441
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At a special panel assembled before the N.C. Senate, several mayors and county commissioners called for a balanced approach to the state's crime problem, seeking preventive programs as well as punitive measures.
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1448
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North Carolina's anti-crime movement may result in legislation that would imprison anyone convicted of first-degree murder for \"the remainder of his natural life\" regardless of mitigating circumstances, such as mercy killing.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1804
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Clark examines the issue of increased imprisonment to determine its viability as a deterrent to violent crime.
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26213
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In 1976, the death penalty was ruled as a constitutionally valid form of punishment. Several UNC legal scholars disagree and claim that decision actually raised more legal and moral questions than before. They argue that our society will eventually reject the death penalty as an untenable, ineffective form of punishment.
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18537
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To stem the growing number of prisoners, a Citizens' Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration was formed in 1978. The committee gathered to propose other types of punishment for criminals besides prison sentences due to the increase the state's prison facilities. Some solutions proposed by the committee included expanding probation, monetary penalties such as increased use of fines, more preemptive treatment, and more community service options.
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18538
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With prison overpopulation in the early eighties state lawmakers reviewed restitution, specifically financial restitution, and whether it acted as a deterrent for future crimes. Courts chose from three different forms of restitution: financial repayment, service to the victim, or community service. The article explores the type of crimes and corresponding financial restitution.
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17134
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Punishments administered, and those administering punishment, for a number of crimes during the State's colonial history changed greatly by the early 20th-century. A general trend emerges from corporal punishment, locking prisoners in stocks and beating/maiming them depending on the crime, to more civil sentences, varying lengths of imprisonment. Another shift occurs in the governing body doling out punishment from the crown in England to a judicial system within the state.
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