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# Federal Commercialized Vice Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-commercialized-vice-sentences-district-of-oregon/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:09:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:09:13.000Z
- Description: Only 10 people were sentenced in the District of Oregon under the Commission's "Commercialized Vice" category, and the cases fall in fiscal years 2016 to 2022. 8 of the 10 received a prison term, and the median prison term was 24 months (2 years). That is higher than the 18 months for this category
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** Only 10 people were sentenced in the District of Oregon under the Commission's "Commercialized Vice" category, and the cases fall in fiscal years 2016 to 2022\. 8 of the 10 received a prison term, and the median prison term was 24 months (2 years). That is higher than the 18 months for this category in all 94 federal districts together.

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 10 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/).

## Sentences Above the Guideline Range

3 of the 10 sentences (30%) were above the guideline range. Another 3 (30%) were below the range at the government's request, 2 (20%) were below it without a government request, and 2 (20%) were within it.

The guideline range is calculated for each case under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Across all 94 districts, 42% of sentences in this category were within the range. For all offenses in the District of Oregon, the share was 22%. With only 10 people, each case moves the percentages by a large amount.

## Prison Terms and Probation

Of the 8 people sent to prison, a quarter received 39.2 months or more, and a quarter received 20.5 months or less. 1 person (10%) received probation only, which is a sentence with no prison or other confinement.

In all districts, 70% of people in this category were sent to prison. The median prison term for all offenses in the District of Oregon was 32 months, which is higher than the 24 months here. These are the terms imposed, not time served.

## The Guidelines Behind the Category

9 of the 10 cases had §2G1.1 (Promoting a Commercial Sex Act or Prohibited Sexual Conduct with an Individual Other than a Minor) as the primary guideline. The tenth had §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact).

The category was less than 1% of the 4,319 people sentenced in the district over fiscal years 2016 to 2025.

## Years With Cases

The Commission data shows people sentenced in this category in fiscal years 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022 only. 8 were in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 2 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Fiscal years run from October 1 to the end of September.

The table has 1 to 3 people per year, and the median is n/a for fiscal year 2021 because a single person is involved. The records do not explain why there are no cases in the later years.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 3                | 33.5 months   | 3 of 3         |
| 2018        | 2                | 48.5 months   | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 3                | 24 months     | 3 of 3         |
| 2021        | 1                | n/a           | 1 of 1         |
| 2022        | 1                | 24 months     | 1 of 1         |

## Guilty Pleas, Supervision, and Restitution

All 10 people pleaded guilty, and every guilty plea came with a written plea agreement. No mandatory minimum applied. In all districts, guilty pleas were 97% in this category.

Supervised release, a period of supervision after prison, was ordered for 8 people (80%) with a median term of 36 months. Restitution was ordered for 2 (20%), and no one was fined.

## Criminal History and What Is Missing

By criminal history, 40% were in the lowest category and 10% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

Only people who were convicted and sentenced are counted, so acquittals and dismissals do not appear. The records do not describe the facts of a case or the reasons for a sentence above or below the guideline range.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Oregon (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oregon") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Commercialized Vice" (10). 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 District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-oregon/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Oregon, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-oregon/) (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.