> ## 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 Other Offense Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/ - Published: 2026-11-04T11:10:29.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T11:10:29.000Z - Description: In the Western District of Oklahoma, 269 people were sentenced under the Sentencing Commission's catch-all offense type "Other" in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. A total of 200 (74%) received probation only, and 67 (25%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 4 months. - 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 Western District of Oklahoma, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-oklahoma/) › Other Offense: Western District of Oklahoma **In brief:** In the Western District of Oklahoma, 269 people were sentenced under the Sentencing Commission's catch-all offense type "Other" in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. A total of 200 (74%) received probation only, and 67 (25%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 4 months. 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 269 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 Mixed Category With Misdemeanors Leading "Other" is a category the U.S. Sentencing Commission uses for cases that do not fit its named offense types. These cases were 6% of the 4,661 people sentenced in the district. The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 62 people. Next was §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge), with 7, and §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 6. ## Prison Terms Were Short Among the 67 people sent to prison, the median prison term was 4 months. A quarter received 13 months or more, and a quarter received 0.5 months or less. In all 94 districts, 9,918 people were sentenced under this type, 38% were sent to prison, and the median was 0.2 months. In this district, 25% were sent to prison. For every offense type together here, the median was 46 months. ## Guilty Pleas and the Few Trials A total of 264 of 269 people (98%) pleaded guilty, and 5 were convicted after a trial. The median prison term was 3 months after a guilty plea and 21 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on 4 people sent to prison. Among guilty pleas, 14% had a written plea agreement and 61% were straight pleas with no agreement. The sheet does not say how the rest were recorded. ## Sentences Within the Range Of the 247 people with the information, 237 (96%) were sentenced within the guideline range. A total of 6 (2%) were below the range at the government's request, and 4 (2%) were below it without a government request. None was above the range. In all districts, 90% were within the range. For all offenses in this district, 50% were. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 44 people with that information recorded. ## Fines Were Common A fine was ordered for 188 people (70%), and restitution for 14 (5%). After prison, 38 people (14%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 36 months. On criminal history, 72% were in the lowest category and 3% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Yearly Counts Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 84 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 185\. A fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September. The largest year was 2023, with 43 people, and the smallest was 2018, with 15\. The median prison term was 13 months in 2024 and 0.6 months in 2025\. These are separate groups, and the records cannot show why a median changed. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 24 | 4 months | 100% | | 2017 | 25 | 3.3 months | 100% | | 2018 | 15 | 6 months | 100% | | 2019 | 20 | 1 months | 100% | | 2020 | 28 | 12 months | 100% | | 2021 | 24 | 6 months | 100% | | 2022 | 26 | 2 months | 96% | | 2023 | 43 | 2 months | 98% | | 2024 | 36 | 13 months | 94% | | 2025 | 28 | 0.6 months | 96% | ## Installations and Limits Altus AFB, Fort Sill, and Tinker AFB, all in Oklahoma, are in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court. Only convicted, sentenced people are in the data. Acquittals and dismissals are not, and prison terms are those imposed, not time served. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Oklahoma (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Oklahoma West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (269). 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 Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-oklahoma/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of Oklahoma, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-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.