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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-western-district-of-kentucky/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:15:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:15:13.000Z
- Description: Most of the 89 people sentenced under the Commission's offense type "Other" in the Western District of Kentucky, fiscal years 2016 to 2025, received probation only: 72 (81%). Only 15 (17%) received a prison term, and the median among them was 0.1 months. A fine was ordered for 71 people (80%).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** Most of the 89 people sentenced under the Commission's offense type "Other" in the Western District of Kentucky, fiscal years 2016 to 2025, received probation only: 72 (81%). Only 15 (17%) received a prison term, and the median among them was 0.1 months. A fine was ordered for 71 people (80%).

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 89 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/).

## Probation Only and Fines Were the Usual Result

Of the 89 people, 72 (81%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. In all 94 districts together, 38% of the 9,918 people in this offense type were sent to prison, and here the figure was 17%.

A fine was ordered for 71 people (80%) and restitution for 4 (4%). Supervised release after prison was ordered for 5 people (6%), with a median term of 12 months.

## Prison Terms Were Very Short

Among the 15 people sent to prison, the median prison term was 0.1 months. A quarter received 0.2 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less. In all districts, the median for this offense type was 0.2 months.

Across all offenses in this district, the median was 57 months. Prison terms are those imposed, not time served.

## What Kinds of Cases Are in This Group

"Other" is a Commission offense type that sits apart from named types such as drug trafficking or fraud. The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 14 people.

Smaller groups used §2D3.1 (Regulatory Offenses Involving Registration Numbers) and §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge), with 3 people each. Another 2 used §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant). These 89 cases are 3% of the 3,229 people sentenced in the district.

## Nearly All Sentences Were Within the Guideline Range

Of the 87 people with the information, 82 (94%) were sentenced within the guideline range. Another 4 (5%) were below the range at the government's request, and 1 (1%) was below it without such a request. None was above the range.

For this offense type in all districts, 90% were within the range. Across all offenses in the district, 37% were. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 53 people with that information recorded.

## Pleas and Trials

Guilty pleas were entered by 87 of the 89 people (98%), and 2 were convicted after a trial. Among the guilty pleas, 76% had a written plea agreement and 7% were straight pleas with no agreement.

The records give no trial median, and 2 people would be too few to support one. For comparison, 97% of people sentenced for all offenses in this district pleaded guilty.

## Yearly Counts

The district sentenced 53 people in this group in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 36 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. The yearly table shows 17 people in fiscal year 2016 and 1 in fiscal year 2023.

Most yearly medians are 0 months or close to it, and 2 years have no median because no one was sent to prison. The medians of 15 months in fiscal year 2024 and 3 months in fiscal year 2025 are the longest listed. These come from small groups and are not a trend. A fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 17               | 0 months      | 94%            |
| 2017        | 8                | 0.2 months    | 8 of 8         |
| 2018        | 14               | 0.1 months    | 100%           |
| 2019        | 14               | 0 months      | 93%            |
| 2020        | 7                | 0 months      | 7 of 7         |
| 2021        | 9                | 0.1 months    | 9 of 9         |
| 2022        | 7                | n/a           | 7 of 7         |
| 2023        | 1                | n/a           | 1 of 1         |
| 2024        | 10               | 15 months     | 100%           |
| 2025        | 2                | 3 months      | 2 of 2         |

## Criminal History and What Is Not in the Records

On criminal history, 79% were in the lowest category and 1% were in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

Fort Knox, Kentucky is in the district and appears in this site's court-martial data. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal court. The federal data includes only people who were convicted and sentenced, so it does not show acquittals or dismissals.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Kentucky (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Kentucky West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (89). 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 Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-kentucky/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-kentucky/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-kentucky/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-district-of-kentucky/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of Kentucky, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-kentucky/) (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.