Analysis of real court-martial records: charges, verdicts, sentences, counsel experience, and law changes.
In the Western District of Louisiana, 177 of the 445 people sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 (40%) received probation only. 262 (59%) received a prison term, and the median was 21.5 months. Across all 94 federal districts, 73% of people in this offense type we
In the Western District of Louisiana, 627 people were sentenced for firearms offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 75% of the sentences were within the guideline range. The median prison term was 51 months (4.2 years), compared with 42 months across all 94 federal districts. Firearms made up 21
A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 678 of the 979 people (69%) sentenced for drug trafficking in the Western District of Louisiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. The median prison term was 110 months (9.2 years), compared with 60 months across all 94 federal districts. Drug trafficking made u
From fiscal years 2016 to 2022, 10 people in the Eastern District of Louisiana were sentenced for forgery, counterfeiting, or copyright offenses. Only 3 (30%) received a prison term, and 5 (50%) received probation only. For 7 of the 10, the sentence was below the guideline range without a government
In the Eastern District of Louisiana, 14 of the 15 people sentenced for obscenity and other sex offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2023 were sentenced under one guideline, failure to register as a sex offender. A total of 13 (87%) received a prison term, with a median of 21 months. All 15 pleaded guil
The Eastern District of Louisiana sentenced 15 people for individual rights offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Of these, 8 (53%) received a prison term, with a median of 52.5 months (4.4 years), and 7 (47%) received probation only. All 15 pleaded guilty.
In the Eastern District of Louisiana, 27 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2017 to 2025 under the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type "Other". Of these, 7 (26%) received a prison term and 14 (52%) received probation only. The median prison term for those sent to prison was 18 months.
In fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 34 people were sentenced in the Eastern District of Louisiana in the "Assault" offense type, and 31 (91%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 229 months (19.1 years), compared with 42 months for this offense type in all 94 federal districts.
In fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 36 people were sentenced in the Eastern District of Louisiana in the "Money Laundering" offense type. Of them, 25 (69%) received a prison term, with a median of 70 months (5.8 years), compared with 40 months for this offense type in all 94 federal districts.
In the Eastern District of Louisiana, 37 people were sentenced in the "Bribery/Corruption" offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2023. Of them, 22 (59%) received a prison term, with a median of 48 months (4 years). In all 94 federal districts the median for this offense type was 18 months.
All 39 people sentenced in the "Sexual Abuse" offense type in the Eastern District of Louisiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 received a prison term. The median prison term was 180 months (15 years), the same as the median for this offense type in all 94 federal districts. One person received a life
Of the 44 people sentenced in the "Environmental" offense type in the Eastern District of Louisiana in fiscal years 2016 to 2023, 42 (95%) received probation only and 1 (2%) received a prison term. In all 94 federal districts, 28% of people in this offense type were sent to prison.
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