Analysis of real court-martial records: charges, verdicts, sentences, counsel experience, and law changes.
Federal trials under 18 U.S.C. 242 ended in an acquittal 41% of the time in fiscal years 2016 to 2025: 44 of 108 trials. Most of the 450 defendants did not go to trial. 300 (67%) pleaded guilty, and 364 (81%) were convicted in all.
Of the 454 federal defendants whose most serious charge was under 18 U.S.C. 2243 and whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 424 (93%) were convicted. Nearly all of them, 412 (91%), pleaded guilty. Only 13 went to trial, and 1 of those trials ended in an acquittal.
Not every charge under 18 U.S.C. 1030 was a felony: of 480 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 73 (15%) faced it as a Class A misdemeanor. Of the 406 convicted, 241 (59%) received a prison term on the charge, with a median of 18 months. Trials ended 26 cases, and 3 of
Of 486 federal defendants whose most serious charge at the end of the case was under 18 U.S.C. 287 in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 441 (91%) were convicted. Most pleaded guilty: 418 (86%). Of the convicted, 288 (65%) received a prison term on that charge, with a median of 24 months.
In fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 496 federal defendants had a case end with a most serious charge under 18 U.S.C. 545. Most pleaded guilty: 430 (87%). Only 10 went to trial, and 5 of those trials ended in an acquittal (50%).
Of 474 federal defendants whose most serious charge was under 18 U.S.C. 2261 and whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 393 (83%) pleaded guilty, 46 (10%) had their cases dismissed, and 35 (7%) went to trial. Altogether, 426 (90%) were convicted. Among those with a prison term on the charge
Of 513 federal defendants whose most serious charge at the end of the case was under 16 U.S.C. 3372, 464 (90%) pleaded guilty in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Only 2 went to trial, and neither ended in an acquittal. Among the 466 people convicted, 103 (22%) received a prison term on that charge, with a
Of 539 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 with 26 U.S.C. 5841 as the most serious charge, 506 (94%) were convicted. 491 (91%) pleaded guilty, 31 (6%) had their cases dismissed, and 17 (3%) went to trial. Among the convicted, 432 (85%) received a prison term on that cha
Guilty pleas ended 506 of the 541 federal cases (94%) in which 26 U.S.C. 7202 was the most serious charge at the end of the case, in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. Only 15 defendants went to trial, and 1 was acquitted. Of the 520 convicted, 362 (70%) received a prison term on that charge, with a median
From fiscal year 2016 to 2025, 543 federal defendants had their cases end with a most serious charge under 18 U.S.C. 201. Juries decided all 24 trials and acquitted in 1 (4%), and 482 of the 543 (89%) were convicted. A prison term followed for 352 of the 482 convicted (73%), and the median term was
In fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 80 of 551 federal defendants charged under 18 U.S.C. 1594 went to trial (15%), and 4 of those trials ended in an acquittal (5%). Overall, 496 (90%) were convicted. Among them, 488 (98%) received a prison term on this charge, with a median of 120 months (10 years).
Charges under 18 U.S.C. 1703 were split between levels: 322 of 559 federal defendants (58%) faced a Class A misdemeanor and 237 (42%) a felony, in cases that ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 491 (88%) pleaded guilty and 62 (11%) had their cases dismissed. Of the 495 convicted, 48 (10%) received a
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