> ## 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 Obscenity and Other Sex Offense Sentences in the District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-obscenity-other-sex-offenses-sentences-district-of-nebraska/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:07:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:07:12.000Z - Description: 70 people were sentenced for obscenity and other sex offenses in the District of Nebraska in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. All 70 pleaded guilty, and 69 received a prison term. The median prison term was 18 months, the same as for this offense type in all 94 federal districts. - 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 District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-nebraska/) › Obscenity and Other Sex Offense: District of Nebraska **In brief:** 70 people were sentenced for obscenity and other sex offenses in the District of Nebraska in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. All 70 pleaded guilty, and 69 received a prison term. The median prison term was 18 months, the same as for this offense type in all 94 federal 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 70 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/). ## Nearly All Cases Were Failure to Register "Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type, and its name suggests more variety than this district's cases show. 69 of the 70 cases used §2A3.5 (Failure to Register as a Sex Offender). The other case used §2G3.1 (Importing, Mailing, or Transporting Obscene Matter). These cases were 1% of the 4,887 people sentenced in the district over the 10 fiscal years. ## A Median of 18 Months 69 of the 70 people (99%) received a prison term, and 1 (1%) received probation only. The median prison term was 18 months. A quarter received 27 months or more, and a quarter received 15 months or less. The same median of 18 months applies to this offense type in all districts. The median for all offenses in the District of Nebraska was 57 months, which is higher than the figure for these cases. ## Every Person Pleaded Guilty All 70 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none were convicted after a trial. For all districts, 99% pleaded guilty, and for all offenses in this district the figure was 97%. 66% of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement, and 34% were straight pleas with no agreement. No mandatory minimum prison term applied to any of the 70 people. ## Sentences Compared With the Guideline Range 44 people (63%) were sentenced within the guideline range. 12 (17%) were below it at the government's request, and 13 (19%) were below it without a government request. 1 person (1%) was above the range. For this offense type in all districts, 54% were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the figure was 48%. ## Fiscal Year Detail The yearly table lists each fiscal year, which starts October 1 and ends at the close of September. The median prison term was 18 months in each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019, 30 months in fiscal year 2020, and 11.5 months in fiscal year 2023. Yearly groups ranged from 2 to 12 people, so they are small. 36 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 34 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 9 | 18 months | 9 of 9 | | 2017 | 10 | 18 months | 100% | | 2018 | 6 | 18 months | 6 of 6 | | 2019 | 11 | 18 months | 100% | | 2020 | 7 | 30 months | 7 of 7 | | 2021 | 3 | 24 months | 3 of 3 | | 2022 | 12 | 22.5 months | 100% | | 2023 | 4 | 11.5 months | 4 of 4 | | 2024 | 6 | 18 months | 6 of 6 | | 2025 | 2 | 17 months | 2 of 2 | ## Supervised Release and Criminal History 69 people (99%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 60 months. A fine was ordered for 1 person and restitution for 0. Only 3% were in the lowest criminal history category, while 23% were in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field, so the military side has no matching figure. ## What Is Not in the Records The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced, so acquittals and dismissals do not appear. Prison terms are the terms imposed and not the time served, and no case details are given. Offutt AFB, Nebraska, is in this district. A court-martial is tried in a military court, not in this federal court. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Nebraska (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Nebraska") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses" (70). 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 Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-nebraska/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-nebraska/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-nebraska/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-nebraska/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Nebraska, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-nebraska/) (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.