Evaluation of North Carolina's 1994 Structured Sentencing Law, 1992-1998
Effective October 1, 1994, the state of North Carolina
 implemented a new structured sentencing law that applied to all felony
 and misdemeanor crimes (except for driving while impaired) committed
 on or after October 1, 1994. Under the new structured sentencing law
 parole was eliminated, and a sentencing …