What’s the Proper Charge When the Violation of a Traffic Law Causes Someone’s Death?
Published for NC Criminal Law on March 16, 2016.
In 2014, 1,284 people were killed in traffic accidents in North Carolina. Most of those people were occupants in a passenger car, though motor vehicle crashes also claimed the lives of 172 pedestrians, 190 motorcyclists and 19 bicyclists. Seventy percent of the fatalities resulted from crashes that did not involve an alcohol-impaired driver. While it ... Read more
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