Analysis of real court-martial records: charges, verdicts, sentences, counsel experience, and law changes.
The Central District of Illinois sentenced 75 people for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and all 75 received a prison term. The median was 115 months, or 9.6 years, compared with 90 months across all 94 districts.
In the Central District of Illinois, 94 people were sentenced for immigration offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 93 received a prison term. The median was 10 months, compared with 7 months for immigration offenses across all 94 districts.
All 162 people sentenced for sexual abuse offenses in the Central District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 received a prison term. The median was 180 months, or 15 years, the same as the median for this offense type across all 94 districts.
The Central District of Illinois sentenced 185 people for child pornography (images of child exploitation) offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Of these, 184 received a prison term, and the median was 96 months, compared with 90 months across all 94 federal districts.
Of 290 people sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in the Central District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 241 (83%) received a prison term and 29 (10%) received probation only. The median prison term was 13 months, compared with 20 months across all 94 districts.
In the Central District of Illinois, 457 people were sentenced for firearms offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 19% of the district's 2,440 cases. The median prison term was 48 months, compared with 42 months for firearms offenses across all 94 districts.
Drug trafficking made up 38% of the 2,440 people sentenced in the Central District of Illinois in fiscal years 2016 to 2025: 929 people. Their median prison term was 112 months, compared with 60 months for drug trafficking across all 94 federal districts.
13 people were sentenced for bribery/corruption offenses in the Middle District of Tennessee in fiscal years 2017 to 2025. 12 of them (92%) received a prison term, with a median of 19.5 months. Only 1 sentence (8%) was within the guideline range, compared with 21% across all 94 federal districts.
10 of the 14 people sentenced in the Middle District of Tennessee under the obscenity/other sex offenses category had failure to register as a sex offender as the primary guideline. All 14 pleaded guilty, 12 (86%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 21.5 months. The national media
In the Middle District of Tennessee, 8 of the 14 people sentenced for individual rights offenses were convicted after a trial, and 6 (43%) pleaded guilty. Across all 94 federal districts, 80% of people in this offense type pleaded guilty. The median prison term here was 8 months, compared with 30 mo
All 20 people sentenced for prison offenses in the Middle District of Tennessee in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 pleaded guilty. 19 of them (95%) received a prison term, with a median of 12 months. For all 94 federal districts, the median prison term for this offense type was 10 months.
Of 24 people sentenced for tax offenses in the Middle District of Tennessee in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 3 (13%) received a sentence within the guideline range. 17 (71%) were sent to prison, and the median prison term was 12 months. Nationally, 66% were sent to prison and the median was 15.1 months
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