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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-southern-district-of-new-york/
- Published: 2026-11-04T10:32:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T10:32:01.000Z
- Description: All 28 people in the Commission's offense type "Other" who were sentenced in the Southern District of New York in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 pleaded guilty. 24 of them (86%) are listed with a prison term, and the median prison term was 0 months. 64% of the sentences were within the guideline range.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** All 28 people in the Commission's offense type "Other" who were sentenced in the Southern District of New York in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 pleaded guilty. 24 of them (86%) are listed with a prison term, and the median prison term was 0 months. 64% of the sentences were within the guideline range.

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 28 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/).

## What Is the Category Called Other?

"Other" is a catch-all offense type used by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. It holds cases whose primary guideline does not fit one of the named offense types.

The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 7 people. §2D1.7 (Unlawful Sale or Transportation of Drug Paraphernalia) applied to 4 people.

§2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant) and §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge) applied to 1 person each. The category is less than 1% of the 12,035 people sentenced in this district.

## Prison Terms Near Zero

24 of the 28 people (86%) received a prison term, and 4 (14%) received probation only. The median prison term was 0 months. A quarter received 0 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less.

For this offense type in all 94 districts, 9,918 people were sentenced, 38% were sent to prison, and the median prison term was 0.2 months. The share sent to prison is higher in this district. The medians for both are close to zero.

For all offenses in this district, the median prison term was 33 months. Prison terms are those imposed, not time served.

## Guilty Pleas and Plea Agreements

28 of 28 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. In all districts, 98% of people with this offense type pleaded guilty.

Among the guilty pleas, 54% had a written plea agreement, and 46% were straight pleas with no agreement. With no trial convictions, the sheet has no trial median.

## Within the Guideline Range More Often Than the District Overall

18 of the 28 sentences (64%) were within the guideline range. 25% (7) were below the range at the government's request, and 7% (2) were below it without a government request. 4% (1) were above the range.

For this offense type in all districts, 90% of sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the share was 22%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 18 people with that information recorded.

## Counts by Year

17 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 11 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Fiscal year 2016 alone had 11 people.

Most other years had 1 or 2 people, and the table has no row for fiscal year 2021\. Yearly medians range from 0 months to 60 months on groups this small, so they do not show a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 11               | 0 months      | 100%           |
| 2017        | 2                | 12 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2018        | 2                | 60 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 2                | 0.6 months    | 2 of 2         |
| 2020        | 2                | 3 months      | 2 of 2         |
| 2022        | 4                | 0 months      | 4 of 4         |
| 2023        | 2                | 0 months      | 2 of 2         |
| 2024        | 2                | 0 months      | 2 of 2         |
| 2025        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |

## Supervised Release, Fines, and Limits

7 people (25%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 9 people (32%), and restitution for 2 (7%).

Criminal history category I, the lowest, applied to 93% of the people, and category VI, the highest, applied to 4%. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced, so acquittals and dismissals are missing. Because the category is a mix, the records cannot show what kind of conduct any one case involved.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Southern District of New York (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "New York South") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (28). 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 Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-southern-district-of-new-york/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-southern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-southern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-southern-district-of-new-york/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Robbery Sentences in the Southern District of New York, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-southern-district-of-new-york/) (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.