> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Federal Administration of Justice Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-administration-of-justice-sentences-eastern-district-of-arkansas/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:05:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:05:58.000Z - Description: 97 people were sentenced for administration of justice offenses in the Eastern District of Arkansas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 50 (52%) received probation only, and 40 (41%) received a prison term. For all 94 federal districts, 72% were sent to prison. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) › Administration of Justice Offense: Eastern District of Arkansas **In brief:** 97 people were sentenced for administration of justice offenses in the Eastern District of Arkansas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 50 (52%) received probation only, and 40 (41%) received a prison term. For all 94 federal districts, 72% were sent to prison. Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025 This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 97 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/). ## More Probation Than Prison 52% of this group received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. 41% received a prison term. For all districts, 72% of the 6,448 people sentenced for this offense type were sent to prison. The median prison term for the 40 people sent to prison was 18 months. A quarter received 24 months or more, and a quarter received 10.4 months or less. The all-district median was 12 months, and the median for all offenses in this district was 50 months. These are terms imposed, not time served. ## Misprision of Felony Led the Group "Administration of Justice" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type for crimes tied to law enforcement and court proceedings. It is based on the primary guideline in each case. The most common was §2X4.1 (Misprision of Felony), for 84 people. Next were §2J1.3 (Perjury or Subornation of Perjury) for 7, §2A2.4 (Obstructing or Impeding Officers) for 4, and §2J1.2 (Obstruction of Justice) for 2. These cases were 2% of the 4,942 people sentenced in the district. ## Below the Guideline Range More Often Than Within It 41 people (42%) were sentenced below the range without a government request, and 17 (18%) were below it at the government's request. 36 (37%) were within the range, and 3 (3%) were above it. For all districts, 48% were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the share was 55%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 97 people. ## Pleas 96 of the 97 people (99%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 18 months. The 1 person convicted at trial and sent to prison received 5.8 months, which is a single case and not a basis for comparison. 95% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement, and 5% had none. For all districts, guilty pleas were 93% of this offense type. ## Supervised Release, Fines, and Criminal History 33 people (34%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 12 months. A fine was ordered for 12 people (12%), and restitution for 1 (1%). 58% of the group were in the lowest criminal history category, and 9% were in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Counts by Fiscal Year 45 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 52 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Each year had 6 to 14 people. The yearly median ran from 9.5 months in 2019 to 27 months in 2018\. Counts this small do not show a trend. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 12 | 24 months | 100% | | 2017 | 11 | 19.1 months | 100% | | 2018 | 8 | 27 months | 7 of 8 | | 2019 | 14 | 9.5 months | 100% | | 2020 | 6 | 18 months | 6 of 6 | | 2021 | 13 | 18 months | 100% | | 2022 | 7 | 21 months | 7 of 7 | | 2023 | 8 | 12 months | 8 of 8 | | 2024 | 12 | 24 months | 100% | | 2025 | 6 | 23.8 months | 6 of 6 | ## Limits of This Data Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, is in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court. The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Its data has no acquittals or dismissals, and it does not describe the underlying facts. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of Arkansas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Arkansas East") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Administration of Justice" (97). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records. ### What to Keep in Mind **No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served. **Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial. **Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart. **Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually. **How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less. ## Related Analysis - [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article) - [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts) - [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method) - [Federal Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Prison Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-prison-offenses-sentences-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Eastern District of Arkansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-eastern-district-of-arkansas/) (same district, other offense type) - [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) - [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.