I've been wondering about this too. It makes no sense, because yes, NC does have a felony murder law. There's even a website devoted to ending it.
Here is the law:
http://www.ncsu.edu/police/Information/NCLaw.html
The site summarizes it
here as:
It states that any death which occurs during the commission or attempt to commit certain felonies, which include arson, rape or other sexual offenses, burglary, robbery or kidnapping, is first-degree murder and all participants in the felony can be held equally culpable, including those who did no harm, had no weapon, and did not intend to hurt anyone. Intent does not have to be proved for anything but the underlying felony. Even if, during the commission of the underlying felony, death occurs from fright—a heart attack for instance, it is still first-degree murder.
In North Carolina there are only two penalties possible if found guilty: life in prison without parole or death.
It appears to be typical of all states' felony murder rules, so I don't understand how she avoids it, either. :sheesh: