North Carolina · North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 15A, Criminal Procedure
N.C.G.S. (Crim. Proc.) § 15A-1340.16B: Life imprisonment without parole for a second or subsequent conviction of a Class B1 felony if the victim was 13 years of age or younger and there are no mitigating factors
What this law says, in plain English
A person convicted of a Class B1 felony against a victim age 13 or younger, with a prior Class B1 felony conviction, shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole unless mitigating factors exist.
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