Earlier today, the Sentencing Commission released its data on sentencing trends for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY 2014). Below you’ll find a number of the commonly prosecuted offenses in federal court, the next entry will be the mean (average) sentence, the next figure is the median (halfway point of all sentences) sentence, and the last figure is the number of cases sentenced for that particular crime, nationwide, in FY 2014. There were a total of 75,836 cases sentenced in federal courts in FY 2014—and the only 46% were sentenced within the applicable Guidelines range!
Robbery: 78, 60, & 782
Drugs – Trafficking: 68, 51, & 21,323
Larceny: 10, 2, & 1,408
Fraud: 27, 14, & 7,614
Embezzlement: 10, 6, & 334
Forgery/Counterfeiting: 18, 12, & 713
Tax: 13, 9, & 649
Money Laundering: 32, 18, & 886
Racketeering/Extortion: 88, 58, & 864
Immigration: 15, 10, & 22,238
Child Pornography: 137, 97, & 1,925
What follows is the data for the first quarter of FY 2015 for the same offenses using the same statistical measurements:
Robbery: 78, 60, & 200
Drugs – Trafficking: 65, 48, & 4,834
Firearms: 83, 60, & 1,677
Larceny: 14, 6, & 226
Fraud: 29, 15, & 1,765
Embezzlement: 8, 1, & 73
Forgery/Counterfeiting: 16, 12, & 123
Tax: 14, 12, & 152
Money Laundering: 27, 18, & 150
Racketeering/Extortion: 85, 60, & 234
Immigration: 14, 8, & 5,002
Child Pornography: 200, 97, & 464