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# Federal Stalking and Harassment Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-stalking-harassing-sentences-district-of-connecticut/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:13:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:13:02.000Z
- Description: The District of Connecticut sentenced 14 people for stalking or harassing offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. The median prison term was 23 months for the 12 who went to prison, close to the 24-month median for this offense type in all 94 districts. Only 14% of the sentences were within the guide
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** The District of Connecticut sentenced 14 people for stalking or harassing offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. The median prison term was 23 months for the 12 who went to prison, close to the 24-month median for this offense type in all 94 districts. Only 14% of the sentences were within the guideline range, compared with 47% nationally.

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 14 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/).

## Where These Sentences Fell Against the Guideline Range

The federal Sentencing Guidelines produce a recommended range for each person. A judge is not required to stay inside it.

In this group, 2 people (14%) received a sentence within the range. 4 people (29%) were below the range at the government's request, and 7 people (50%) were below it without such a request. One person (7%) was above the range.

For all offenses in the district, 30% of sentences were within the range. The stalking and harassing group is lower than that.

## How Long Were the Prison Terms?

A total of 12 of the 14 people (86%) received a prison term. The other 2 (14%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. Nationally, 89% were sent to prison.

The median prison term was 23 months. A quarter of those sent to prison received 37.2 months or more, and a quarter received 4.8 months or less. For all offenses in the district, the median was 36 months.

These are the terms imposed by the court. They are not the time actually served.

## The Offense Type and Its Guidelines

The Commission groups cases into offense types, and "Stalking/Harassing" is one of them. In 13 of the 14 cases, the primary guideline was §2A6.1 (Threatening or Harassing Communications). The other case used §2A6.2 (Stalking or Domestic Violence).

The group is less than 1% of the 3,174 people sentenced in the district during these fiscal years. Fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30.

## One Trial, 13 Guilty Pleas

13 people (93%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. In all districts, 92% pleaded guilty. All guilty pleas had a written plea agreement.

The median prison term after a guilty plea was 22 months. The trial case received 41 months. With a single trial case, the records cannot show how pleas and trials compare.

A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 1 person (7%).

## After Prison

Supervised release was ordered for 12 people (86%), with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 1 person (7%), and restitution for 2 (14%).

On criminal history, 36% were in the lowest category and 7% in the highest.

## Small Yearly Groups

The table lists the fiscal years with at least 1 person. Each year has 1 to 3 people. The median prison term was 1 months in fiscal year 2017, 50.5 months in fiscal year 2018, and 0 months in fiscal year 2025.

A median from 1 to 3 people describes those people only. From fiscal years 2016 to 2019, 5 people were sentenced, and from fiscal years 2020 to 2025, 9 were.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 2                | 12 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2017        | 1                | 1 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2018        | 2                | 50.5 months   | 1 of 2         |
| 2020        | 1                | 24 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2021        | 3                | 36 months     | 3 of 3         |
| 2022        | 1                | 22 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2024        | 1                | 6.1 months    | 1 of 1         |
| 2025        | 3                | 0 months      | 3 of 3         |

## What the Data Leaves Out

The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in it.

The records do not describe the facts of any case or explain why a sentence was set where it was.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Connecticut (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Connecticut") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Stalking/Harassing" (14). 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 Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-connecticut/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Robbery Sentences in the District of Connecticut, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-district-of-connecticut/) (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.