1. North Carolina Sentencing Guidelines
List of all felonies in NC: ing/Offense.asp
The sentencing grid:
shment.asp

2. NC: Types of homicide All NC laws:
Homicide, section 14.17
rticle/Chapter_14/Article_6.html
Vehicle code, Chapter 20: For deaths, see section
Criminal code, Chapter 14
Criminal procedure, Chapter 15

3. So, various punishments for different types of homicide:
Crime
Offense Class
Minimum (no prior record, in months)
First degree murder A
LWOP
Second degree murder
B1, B2
192; 125
Felony and misdemeanor death by vehicle, impaired boating B2
125
Assault with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury C 58
Voluntary manslaughter D 51
Assault with intent to kill E 20
Involuntary manslaughter F 13

4. Which of these crimes deserves death?
See the McGauthaExercise.pdf on the class web site.
Rate each of them from most deserving (1) to least deserving (10)
Take a few minutes and I’ll ask for results in a series of poll everywhere slides, from first to last of the 10 cases presented. For each one, rank it on the scale from worst to least bad… Take notes for a few minutes on how you would rate each scenario.
(Note you are not voting for death, just ranking in order of most deserving)
Thanks for Prof. Carol Steiker of Harvard Law School for these questions.