A Qualitative Proportionality Review of Capital Sentencing Outcomes in North Carolina (1977-2009)

• In Event: Capital Punishment: Sentencing Issues and Controversies

Abstract

This study engages in a qualitative proportionality review of select capital sentencing outcomes in North Carolina (1977-2009) that a previous quantitative proportionality review determined to have been "mis-sentenced." The purpose is to find commonalities, if any, that can help account for these "mis-sentences."

Authors

• Sondra Fogel, University of South Florida

• John Cochran, University of South Florida

• Jordyn Rad, University of South Florida

• Jessica Trapassi, University of South Florida

• M. Dwayne Smith, University of South Florida

• Beth Bjerregaard, University of North Carolina at Charlotte