> ## 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 Robbery Sentences in the District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-district-of-new-jersey/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:32:09.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:32:09.000Z - Description: 209 people were sentenced in the District of New Jersey for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 207 of them (more than 99%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 96 months (8 years). That is higher than the 90 months for robbery across all 94 districts. - 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 District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-new-jersey/) › Robbery: District of New Jersey **In brief:** 209 people were sentenced in the District of New Jersey for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 207 of them (more than 99%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 96 months (8 years). That is higher than the 90 months for robbery across all 94 districts. 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 209 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/). ## Long Prison Terms for Nearly Everyone Sentenced 207 of the 209 people (more than 99%) received a prison term, and 1 received probation only. 1 person received a life sentence. Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 96 months (8 years). A quarter received 139 months or more, and a quarter received 59.7 months or less. For all offenses in this district, the median prison term was 37 months. Robbery was well above that. For robbery across all 94 districts, 99% were sent to prison and the median was 90 months. ## How Robbery Is Counted "Robbery" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type. Every one of the 209 cases used a single primary guideline, §2B3.1 (Robbery). Robbery was 3% of the 6,441 people sentenced in this district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. The fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September. ## Guilty Pleas and the 9 Trials 200 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 9 were convicted after a trial. For all 94 districts, 95% of people in this offense type pleaded guilty. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 93 months. After a trial it was 330 months, based on 9 people convicted at trial and sent to prison. The trial figure rests on a small group, and the records do not show why the medians differ. Among the guilty pleas, 98% had a written plea agreement, and 3% were straight pleas with no agreement. ## Mandatory Minimums and the Guideline Range A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 85 of the 209 people with that information recorded (41%). For all 209 people, 40% (84) of sentences were within the guideline range, and 40% (84) were below it at the government's request. 15% (32) were below the range without a request, and 4% (9) were above it. For robbery across all 94 districts, 40% of sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the figure was 37%. ## Supervised Release, Restitution, and Criminal History 207 people (more than 99%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 36 months. Restitution was ordered for 139 people (67%), and a fine for 5 people (2%). 22% were in criminal history category I, the lowest, and 24% were in category VI, the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Year-by-Year Counts 98 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 111 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Yearly counts run from 9 to 28 people, which are small groups. The medians in the table move from year to year. With so few people each year, they should not be read as a trend. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 28 | 108 months | 96% | | 2017 | 19 | 87.5 months | 100% | | 2018 | 27 | 92 months | 96% | | 2019 | 24 | 85.5 months | 100% | | 2020 | 14 | 67.5 months | 100% | | 2021 | 19 | 96 months | 95% | | 2022 | 9 | 97 months | 8 of 9 | | 2023 | 20 | 70 months | 90% | | 2024 | 26 | 99.5 months | 92% | | 2025 | 23 | 111 months | 96% | ## What the Records Cannot Show Only people who were convicted and sentenced are counted. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data, and prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal court, so this post reports federal numbers on their own. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of New Jersey (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "New Jersey") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Robbery" (209). 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. **Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge. ## 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 New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-new-jersey/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-new-jersey/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-new-jersey/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-new-jersey/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of New Jersey, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-new-jersey/) (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.