> ## 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. # §2N1.1 Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of Death or Bodily Injury: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2024 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2n1-1-tampering-or-attempting-to-tamper-involving-risk-fy2024/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:58:33.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:58:33.000Z - Description: In fiscal year 2024, the median prison term under §2N1.1 was 13 months, lower than in each of the 4 years before it in the yearly table. 6 of the 10 people sentenced (60%) received prison, 3 (30%) received probation only, and all 10 pleaded guilty. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [§2N1.1 Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of D](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2n1-1-tampering-or-attempting-to-tamper-involving-risk/) › §2N1.1: FY2024 **In brief:** In fiscal year 2024, the median prison term under §2N1.1 was 13 months, lower than in each of the 4 years before it in the yearly table. 6 of the 10 people sentenced (60%) received prison, 3 (30%) received probation only, and all 10 pleaded guilty. 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 year 2024\. 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/). ## A Median of 13 Months After Years at 24 Months or More In fiscal year 2024, the median prison term among the 6 people sent to prison was 13 months. A quarter of them received 12 months or less, and a quarter received 21.5 months or more. The yearly table shows medians of 46 months for fiscal year 2020, 24 months for 2021, and 36 months for 2022 and 2023\. The next year, fiscal year 2025, had a median of 12 months. The median for all years from 2016 to 2025 was 26 months, so 2024 was lower than the full period. These medians each rest on a small group of people sent to prison. The records cannot show whether the drop reflects a change in cases or only year-to-year variation. ## Prison, Probation, and Supervised Release The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 10 people in fiscal year 2024 whose primary guideline was §2N1.1\. 6 (60%) received a prison term, and 3 (30%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. 6 people (60%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, and the median term was 24 months. The share sent to prison was lower than the 82% for all years in the period. ## Below-Range Sentences Again None of the 10 sentences was within the guideline range or above it. 4 (40%) were below the range at the government's request, and 6 (60%) were below it without a government request. Fiscal year 2023 also had 0% within the range, and fiscal year 2025 had 8%. Across fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 5% of sentences under this guideline were within the range. ## Pleas and Mandatory Minimums 10 of 10 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and every one of those pleas had a written plea agreement (100%). A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 10 people. Convicted and sentenced people are the only ones counted, so acquittals and dismissals are not in these figures. ## Fines, Restitution, and Criminal History A fine was ordered for 1 person (10%), and restitution for 5 (50%). All 10 people (100%) were in the lowest criminal history category, category I. There is no equivalent field in court-martial records. ## All Federal Sentences in Fiscal Year 2024 Fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024\. For all guidelines combined, 61,678 people were sentenced. The median prison term was 30 months, 97% pleaded guilty, and 46% of sentences were within the range. Over fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 116 people were sentenced under §2N1.1, and 98% pleaded guilty. The table gives each year's count, with 19 people in fiscal year 2023 and 12 in fiscal year 2025. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 4 | 21 months | 4 of 4 | | 2017 | 8 | 20 months | 8 of 8 | | 2018 | 10 | 30 months | 90% | | 2019 | 11 | 36 months | 100% | | 2020 | 13 | 46 months | 100% | | 2021 | 15 | 24 months | 100% | | 2022 | 14 | 36 months | 93% | | 2023 | 19 | 36 months | 100% | | 2024 | 10 | 13 months | 100% | | 2025 | 12 | 12 months | 100% | ## What Cannot Be Read From These Figures The guideline carries the Manual title "Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of Death or Bodily Injury," and the Commission lists it in the Food and Drug offense type. The records do not describe the cases or the reasons for any sentence. With 10 people, one year is not a trend. The crosswalk has no close court-martial counterpart, so only federal numbers are reported. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2024 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2N1.1 (10), U.S. Sentencing Commission individual data files. The primary guideline is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. 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) - [§2N1.1 Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of Death or Bodily Injury: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2n1-1-tampering-or-attempting-to-tamper-involving-risk/) (overview) - [§2N1.1 Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of Death or Bodily Injury: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2n1-1-tampering-or-attempting-to-tamper-involving-risk-fy2023/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [§2N1.1 Tampering or Attempting to Tamper Involving Risk of Death or Bodily Injury: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2n1-1-tampering-or-attempting-to-tamper-involving-risk-fy2025/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [How Often Federal Judges Sentence Outside the Guideline Range](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sentences-outside-guideline-range/) - [Mandatory Minimums: How Many Federal Sentences Are Set by Congress](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-mandatory-minimum-sentences/) - [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.