Analysis of real court-martial records: charges, verdicts, sentences, counsel experience, and law changes.
271 people were sentenced for fraud, theft, or embezzlement in the Middle District of Alabama in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 201 (74%) received a prison term, and 62 (23%) received probation only. The median prison term was 25 months, compared with 20 months for all 94 districts.
Of the 559 people sentenced for drug trafficking in the Middle District of Alabama in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 530 (95%) received a prison term, with a median of 90 months. That median is higher than the 60 months for all 94 districts. A mandatory minimum applied to 407 people (73%).
Firearms cases were 30% of the 2,037 people sentenced in the Middle District of Alabama in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Of the 609 people in this offense type, 578 (95%) received a prison term, and the median was 46 months. The median after a trial was 111 months, compared with 45 months after a guilt
The Southern District of West Virginia sentenced 12 people for individual rights offenses, all in fiscal years 2021 to 2025. Of the 12, 11 (92%) received a prison term, and the median was 168 months (14 years). That median is higher than the 30 months for all 94 districts.
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 12 people were sentenced for obscenity and other sex offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 11 of them had failure to register as a sex offender as the primary guideline. Of the 12, 11 (92%) received a prison term, with a median of 21 months. That media
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 12 people were sentenced for environmental offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2024. Of those, 5 (42%) received a prison term and 5 (42%) received probation only. A fine was ordered for 9 of the 12 (75%).
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 16 people were sentenced for tax offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and restitution was ordered for all 16 (100%). Of the 16, 12 (75%) received a prison term, with a median of 18 months. Guilty pleas were 94% here.
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 16 people were sentenced for assault offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2023. Of those, 15 (94%) received a prison term, with a median of 41 months (3.4 years). That median is about the same as the 42 months for all 94 districts and for all offenses in this d
The Southern District of West Virginia sentenced 17 people for administration of justice offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Of those, 13 (76%) received a prison term, and the median was 12 months, which is the same as the median for all 94 districts. Of the 17 sentences, 9 (53%) were within the
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 25 people were sentenced for money laundering offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. The median prison term was 26 months (2.2 years) for the 19 people sent to prison. Guilty pleas were 76% here, compared with 93% for all 94 districts in this offense type.
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 17 of the 25 people in the Commission's "Other" offense type (68%) received probation only, and 6 (24%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 6 months. Of the 25 sentences, 24 (96%) were within the guideline range.
In the Southern District of West Virginia, 29 people were sentenced for drug possession offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2023, and all 29 pleaded guilty. Of those, 25 (86%) received a prison term, with a median of 5 months. Most of these cases were sentenced in the earlier years: 22 people in fiscal
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