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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the District of Kansas, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-district-of-kansas/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:10:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:10:04.000Z
- Description: Of 92 people sentenced under the Commission's offense type "Other" in the District of Kansas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 73 (79%) received probation only and 18 (20%) received prison. A fine was ordered for 50 people (54%). In all 94 federal districts, 38% were sent to prison.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** Of 92 people sentenced under the Commission's offense type "Other" in the District of Kansas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 73 (79%) received probation only and 18 (20%) received prison. A fine was ordered for 50 people (54%). In all 94 federal districts, 38% 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 92 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/).

## Mostly Probation and Fines

Probation only, with no prison or other confinement, was the sentence for 73 of the 92 people (79%). Prison went to 18 (20%).

A fine was ordered for 50 people (54%) and restitution for 8 (9%). Supervised release after prison was ordered for 5 people (5%), with a median term of 12 months.

## A Catch-All Category

"Other" holds cases that do not fit the Commission's named offense types, so it does not describe one kind of conduct. The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 39 people.

Another 8 were sentenced under §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge), and 2 under §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact).

These cases were 2% of the 4,217 people sentenced in the district.

## Very Short Prison Terms

Among the 18 sent to prison, the median term was 0.1 months. A quarter received 0.2 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less.

The median for all districts was 0.2 months. Most terms in this category are extremely short,. The district's median for all offenses was 46 months.

## Within the Guideline Range

The range was recorded for 60 people. For 93% (56), the sentence was within the range.

It was below the range at the government's request for 7% (4), and no sentence was below without a request or above the range. For all districts, 90% were within the range. A mandatory minimum applied to 0 of the 45 people with that information recorded.

## Pleas and Criminal History

There were 90 guilty pleas (98%) and 2 convictions after a trial. Among the guilty pleas, 24% had a written plea agreement and 48% were straight pleas with no agreement. A straight plea is a guilty plea without a written agreement with the government.

The lowest criminal history category, category I, applied to 86% of people. The highest, category VI, applied to 0%.

## Yearly Counts

The district sentenced 52 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 40 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Fiscal year 2016 had the most, 21.

Fiscal year 2021 had a median of 15 months, while most other years had a median at or near 0 months. With 3 to 21 people per year, these are not trends.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 21               | 0.2 months    | 95%            |
| 2017        | 11               | 0.1 months    | 100%           |
| 2018        | 4                | 0.1 months    | 4 of 4         |
| 2019        | 16               | 0 months      | 100%           |
| 2020        | 5                | 0 months      | 5 of 5         |
| 2021        | 9                | 15 months     | 9 of 9         |
| 2022        | 3                | n/a           | 3 of 3         |
| 2023        | 6                | 0.2 months    | 5 of 6         |
| 2024        | 5                | 0.1 months    | 5 of 5         |
| 2025        | 12               | n/a           | 100%           |

## Installations and Limits

Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, and McConnell AFB are in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts and are not included here.

The data counts only people convicted and sentenced, so dismissals and acquittals are missing. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Kansas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Kansas") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (92). 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 Kansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-kansas/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Kansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-kansas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Kansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-kansas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Kansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-kansas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Kansas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-kansas/) (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.