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# Federal Money Laundering Sentences in the Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-money-laundering-sentences-northern-district-of-mississippi/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:14:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:14:57.000Z
- Description: In the Northern District of Mississippi, 22 of the 37 people sentenced for money laundering in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 received a sentence below the guideline range at the government's request (59%). Only 9 (24%) were sentenced within the range. The median prison term was 60 months, compared with
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Northern District of Mississippi, 22 of the 37 people sentenced for money laundering in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 received a sentence below the guideline range at the government's request (59%). Only 9 (24%) were sentenced within the range. The median prison term was 60 months, compared with 40 months for all 94 districts.

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 37 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 Below the Range at the Government's Request

The largest group was sentenced below the guideline range at the government's request: 22 of 37 people (59%). Sentences within the range were given to 9 people (24%), and below the range without a government request to 6 (16%). No sentence was above the range.

In all 94 districts, 25% of money laundering sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the share was 45%. The within-range share here was close to the national figure and lower than the district's overall share.

## Prison Terms

33 of the 37 people (89%) received a prison term, and 3 (8%) received probation only. For all districts, 88% were sent to prison.

The median prison term was 60 months (5 years). A quarter received 120 months or more, and a quarter received 36 months or less. The median for all 94 districts was 40 months, which is lower, and the median for all offenses in this district was 36 months.

These are the terms imposed, not time served. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 8 of the 37 people with that information recorded (22%).

## The Offense Type

"Money Laundering" is one of the offense types the U.S. Sentencing Commission assigns from the main guideline used at sentencing. All 37 people were sentenced under §2S1.1 (Laundering of Monetary Instruments).

These cases were 2% of the 1,573 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. The district sentenced 19 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 18 people in fiscal years 2020 to 2025.

## Pleas and Trials

35 of 37 people (95%) pleaded guilty, and 2 were convicted after a trial. In all districts, 93% pleaded guilty.

The median prison term was 60 months after a guilty plea and 65 months after a trial. The trial figure rests on 2 people. Every guilty plea had a written plea agreement.

## Supervised Release, Restitution, and Criminal History

Supervised release after prison was ordered for 33 people (89%), with a median term of 36 months. No fine was ordered, and restitution was ordered for 8 people (22%).

In criminal history, 46% were in the lowest category, Category I, and 5% were in the highest, Category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Yearly Counts

Yearly counts run from 1 to 8 people, and fiscal year 2021 is not listed. The yearly median ranges from 16 months in fiscal year 2024 to 135 months in fiscal years 2016 and 2023.

Medians from 1 to 8 people move a great deal from year to year, and the table does not show a trend. A fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends the next September.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 5                | 135 months    | 5 of 5         |
| 2017        | 8                | 60 months     | 8 of 8         |
| 2018        | 2                | 72.5 months   | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 4                | 128 months    | 4 of 4         |
| 2020        | 4                | 102 months    | 4 of 4         |
| 2022        | 1                | 120 months    | 1 of 1         |
| 2023        | 2                | 135 months    | 2 of 2         |
| 2024        | 4                | 16 months     | 4 of 4         |
| 2025        | 7                | 57 months     | 5 of 7         |

## Limits of the Records

Columbus AFB, Mississippi, is in this district and appears in this site's court-martial data. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal court.

The Commission's data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in it, and the records do not show the amount of money involved.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Mississippi North") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Money Laundering" (37). 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.

**Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge.

## 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 Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-mississippi/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-northern-district-of-mississippi/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-northern-district-of-mississippi/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-northern-district-of-mississippi/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Obscenity and Other Sex Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Mississippi, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-obscenity-other-sex-offenses-sentences-northern-district-of-mississippi/) (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.