Recent Posts in SENTENCING DATA Category
Since the advent of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, imprisonment has been the dominant sanction in the federal criminal justice system. In 2014, 90% of defendants convicted of federal crimes went ...
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You want to see the demographics of the typical inmate serving a federal drug sentence, look no more. This will illustrate how your hard earned tax dollars are being (mis)spent. At the end of the FY ...
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My father always said that figures lie and liars figure. That piece of advice has molded me into the consummate cynic that I am. The following data about the evolution of federal sentences over the ...
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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, ...
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"Pine box parole" is an euphemism used to describe the plight of a federal criminal defendant who received a life sentence (or one so long it might as well have been life). In Fiscal Year ...
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%It's a mixed report as far as whether the criminal justice system in this country is growing or contacting. The number of persons under adult correctional supervision fell by 41,500 persons ...
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The last quarter Fiscal Year 2014 sentencing statistics were released by the Sentencing Commission. There are lots of interesting information that the Commission has mined. One trend is that for all ...
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We all worry about our parents after they retire. What will they do to fill the day—read the paper, scrap book, watch too much TV, play cards, or go the gym? Well, they don't simply have to ...
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