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Analysis of real court-martial records: what gets charged, how cases end, what sentences look like, how experienced the lawyers of record were, and what changed when the law did.
Every number is computed from the Military Trial Results data, built from the services' public court-martial records. Each post says how many cases it rests on, the years covered, and how we counted. Read how this data was built before citing it.
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Federal Prosecution Analysis
How do federal prosecutions compare with courts-martial? These posts use the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of everyone sentenced in federal court and the Federal Judicial Center's records of every federal defendant whose case ended, including dismissals and acquittals, for fiscal years 2016 to 2025. They cover sentences, guilty pleas, trials and acquittals, mandatory minimums, and supervised release, offense by offense. Where a federal crime has a close counterpart in the UCMJ, the post sets the two side by side. Where it doesn't, the post reports the federal numbers on their own. For how military law has moved toward the federal system, start with Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System.
Latest Analysis
§2L2.1 Trafficking in a Document Relating to Naturalization, Citizenship, or Legal Resident Status, or a United States Passport: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2016
In fiscal year 2016, 130 people were sentenced in federal court with §2L2.1 as the primary guideline. Of those, 90 (69%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 9.7 months. Within-range sentences made up 48% of the total.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025
The U.S. Sentencing Commission recorded 102 people sentenced in fiscal year 2025 with §2B4.1 as the primary guideline. Of those, 72 (71%) received prison, with a median prison term of 15 months. Every guilty plea in the year came with a written plea agreement.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2024
In fiscal year 2024, 127 people were sentenced in federal court under §2B4.1 as the primary guideline. Only 9 of them (7%) received a sentence within the guideline range, and 36 (28%) received probation only. Among the 82 sent to prison (65%), the median prison term was 18 months.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2023
A total of 112 people were sentenced in fiscal year 2023 with §2B4.1 as the primary guideline. The median prison term among the 79 sent to prison (71%) was 20 months. That is higher than the median in the fiscal years just before and after it, and 91% of the 112 pleaded guilty.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2022
In fiscal year 2022, 119 people were sentenced under §2B4.1 as the primary guideline. Prison terms went to 84 (71%), with a median of 15 months, and 117 of the 119 (98%) pleaded guilty.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2021
Federal courts sentenced 86 people in fiscal year 2021 for cases where §2B4.1 was the primary guideline. A prison term went to 60 of them (70%), and 17 (20%) received probation only. The median prison term was 12 months.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2020
In fiscal year 2020, 78 people were sentenced in federal court with §2B4.1 as the primary guideline. Of those, 54 (69%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 14.5 months. Only 12 of the 78 (15%) received a sentence within the guideline range.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2019
In fiscal year 2019, 38 of the 78 people sentenced under §2B4.1 (49%) received a sentence below the guideline range at the government's request. Only 14 people (18%) were sentenced within the range. The median prison term was 18 months.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2018
In fiscal year 2018, 23 of the 91 people sentenced under §2B4.1 received probation only (25%), and 61 (67%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 21 months. Only 21% of sentences were within the guideline range.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2017
The median prison term under §2B4.1 was 12 months in fiscal year 2017, lower than the 24 months in fiscal year 2016. 75 of the 107 people sentenced (70%) went to prison, and 82 (77%) were ordered to pay restitution.
§2B4.1 Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2016
In fiscal year 2016, 83 people were sentenced in federal court under §2B4.1, "Bribery in Procurement of Bank Loan and Other Commercial Bribery." 60 (72%) went to prison, with a median prison term of 24 months. Restitution was ordered for 47 people (57%).
§2A3.1 Criminal Sexual Abuse: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025
Fiscal year 2025 is the last year in the series for §2A3.1, Criminal Sexual Abuse. 135 people were sentenced, all of them to prison, with a median prison term of 180 months (15 years). That is lower than the 188 months in fiscal year 2024.
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