Analysis of real court-martial records: charges, verdicts, sentences, counsel experience, and law changes.
Only 18% of the 67 murder sentences in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 were within the guideline range, and 60% were below the range at the government's request. All 67 people received a prison term, with a median of 235 months (19.6 years). 7 received a life sentence.
Immigration offenses were 3% of the 3,085 people sentenced in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025: 82 people. Of those, 81 (99%) received a prison term, and the median was 10 months. Across all 94 federal districts, the median for immigration offenses was 7 months.
The median prison term for the 87 people sentenced for sexual abuse offenses in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 was 211 months (17.6 years). The median for all 94 federal districts was 180 months. All 87 received a prison term, and a mandatory minimum applied to 80 peop
All 91 people sentenced for child pornography (images of child exploitation) in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 received a prison term, with a median of 91 months (7.6 years). The median for all 94 federal districts was 90 months. 43% of sentences were within the guidel
The median prison term for robbery in the Northern District of Indiana was 92 months (7.7 years), about the same as the 90 months for robbery in all 94 federal districts. Of the 119 people sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 117 (98%) received a prison term. A mandatory minimum applied to 50 peo
Of 428 people sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 249 (58%) received a prison term and 139 (32%) received probation only. In all 94 federal districts, 73% were sent to prison. Restitution was ordered for 362 people (85%).
A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 506 of the 872 people with that information recorded (58%) among the 874 people sentenced for drug trafficking in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. The median prison term was 77.5 months (6.5 years), compared with 60 months acro
Firearms offenses were 37% of the 3,085 people sentenced in the Northern District of Indiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025: 1,141 people. Of those, 1,005 (88%) received a prison term, and the median was 37 months (3.1 years). The median for firearms cases in all 94 federal districts was 42 months.
All 12 people sentenced for murder in the Southern District of Illinois received a prison term, with a median of 461.5 months (38.5 years). In all 94 federal districts together, the median for this offense type was 240 months. 5 of the 12 received a life sentence, and 4 were convicted after a trial.
16 people were sentenced for stalking or harassing offenses in the Southern District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 14 (88%) received a prison term, with a median of 16.5 months, compared with 24 months for this offense type in all 94 federal districts together. All 16 pleaded guilty.
Of the 17 people sentenced for environmental offenses in the Southern District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 1 (6%) received a prison term and 13 (76%) received probation only. In all 94 federal districts together, 28% of people in this offense type were sent to prison. All 17 pleaded gu
The Commission counted 17 people sentenced for assault in the Southern District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 16 of them (94%) received a prison term, with a median of 53 months (4.4 years). That is higher than the 42 months for assault in all 94 federal districts together. 41% of the pe
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