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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-northern-district-of-oklahoma/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:10:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:10:20.000Z
- Description: The "Other" offense type holds cases that the U.S. Sentencing Commission does not place in a named category. In the Northern District of Oklahoma, 64 people were sentenced in this type from fiscal year 2017 to 2025. 52 (81%) received a prison term, and 12 (19%) received probation only.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** The "Other" offense type holds cases that the U.S. Sentencing Commission does not place in a named category. In the Northern District of Oklahoma, 64 people were sentenced in this type from fiscal year 2017 to 2025\. 52 (81%) received a prison term, and 12 (19%) received probation only.

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 64 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/).

## A Catch-All Category

"Other" is a Commission label, not a single crime. The guidelines listed most often in these cases are §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 11 people, and §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 3 people. §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) was the primary guideline for 1 person.

Because the group is mixed, a single median describes very different cases. The numbers below should be read as a count of what was sentenced, not as a profile of one kind of offense.

These cases were 2% of the 3,400 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025.

## Probation and Prison Terms

Among the 64 people, 12 (19%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. For all 94 federal districts together, 38% of people in this offense type were sent to prison, so the share sent to prison here was higher.

Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 18 months. A quarter received 48 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less. The median for all districts was 0.2 months.

The district's median for all offenses was 37 months.

## Pleas and Trials

61 of the 64 people (95%) pleaded guilty, and 3 were convicted after a trial. The rate for all districts was 98%.

The median prison term after a guilty plea was 12 months. After a trial it was 180 months, based on 3 people. That is a very small group, and the figure should not be read as a general pattern.

Among guilty pleas, 82% had a written plea agreement and 18% were straight pleas with no agreement.

## Closeness to the Guideline Range

88% of the 52 people with this information (46) were sentenced within the guideline range. The figure for all districts was 90%, which is about the same. For all offenses in the district, it was 45%.

3 people (6%) were sentenced below the range at the government's request, and 3 (6%) were sentenced below it without a government request. 0 were sentenced above the range.

A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 48 people with that information recorded.

## Supervision, Fines, and Criminal History

49 people (77%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 2 people (3%), and restitution for 5 (8%).

64% were in the lowest criminal history category, category I. 4% were in the highest, category VI.

## How the Years Compare

Fiscal years run from October 1 to the end of September. Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 have 3 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 have 61 people. The first year with data in this offense type is 2017.

The yearly median prison term rises across the table, from 1.5 months in 2021 to 21 months in 2024 and 2025\. The counts per year are 17 at most, so the table is a description of small groups and not a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2017        | 2                | n/a           | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2021        | 6                | 1.5 months    | 6 of 6         |
| 2022        | 13               | 5 months      | 100%           |
| 2023        | 17               | 12 months     | 94%            |
| 2024        | 14               | 21 months     | 86%            |
| 2025        | 11               | 21 months     | 100%           |

## What Is Not in the Data

The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data, and prison terms are terms imposed, not time served.

The records do not say which specific offenses make up the yearly changes.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Oklahoma (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oklahoma North") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (64). 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 Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-oklahoma/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-northern-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-northern-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-northern-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Northern District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-northern-district-of-oklahoma/) (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.