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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.

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  • §2P1.1 Escape, Instigating or Assisting Escape: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2018

    In fiscal year 2018, 62% of the 301 people sentenced under §2P1.1 received a sentence within the guideline range: 186 people. 297 people (99%) received a prison term, with a median of 12 months. All 301 pleaded guilty.

  • §2P1.1 Escape, Instigating or Assisting Escape: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2017

    All 321 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2017 with §2P1.1 as the primary guideline pleaded guilty. 316 (98%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 12 months.

  • §2P1.1 Escape, Instigating or Assisting Escape: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2016

    In fiscal year 2016, 264 people were sentenced in federal court with §2P1.1 as the primary guideline, and 259 of them (98%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 12 months. In this group, 34% were in the highest criminal history category (VI) and 1% in the lowest.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2025

    In fiscal year 2025, 212 people were sentenced in federal court with §2T1.1 as the primary guideline. The median prison term was 15 months, and 139 people (66%) were sent to prison. Only 8 people were convicted after a trial.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2024

    Of the 248 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2024 with §2T1.1 as the primary guideline, 155 (63%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 12 months. 73 sentences (29%) were within the guideline range.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2023

    In fiscal year 2023, 237 people were sentenced in federal court under §2T1.1 as the primary guideline, and 215 of them (91%) pleaded guilty. The 22 people convicted after a trial had a median prison term of 27 months, compared with 12 months after a guilty plea. Overall, 144 people (61%) were senten

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2022

    In fiscal year 2022, 262 people were sentenced in federal court with §2T1.1 as the primary guideline. 148 of them (56%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 12 months. Most sentences were below the guideline range: 36% at the government's request and 44% without one.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2021

    In fiscal year 2021, 96% of the 232 people sentenced under §2T1.1 as the primary guideline pleaded guilty (222), and more than 99% of those pleas had a written plea agreement. 147 people (63%) received a prison term, with a median of 14.8 months, and 60 (26%) received probation only.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2020

    Fiscal year 2020 had 203 people sentenced under §2T1.1 as the primary guideline, the lowest yearly count in the sheet's table. 135 (67%) received a prison term, and the median was 12 months. 44 (22%) received probation only.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2019

    In fiscal year 2019, the median prison term under §2T1.1 was 18 months, the highest median in the sheet's yearly table. 328 people were sentenced with this primary guideline, 200 (61%) received a prison term, and 87 (27%) received probation only. 19 people were convicted after a trial.

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2018

    The median prison term for the 322 people sentenced under §2T1.1 in fiscal year 2018 was 12 months. 209 (65%) went to prison, and 76 (24%) received probation only. Of the 24 people convicted after a trial, those sent to prison had a median term of 24.5 months, compared with 12 months after a guilty

  • §2T1.1 Tax Evasion: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2017

    Fiscal year 2017 had 437 people sentenced under §2T1.1 as the primary guideline, the highest yearly count in the sheet's table. 289 (66%) were sent to prison, and 91 (21%) received probation only. The median prison term was 15 months, and 88% of the group was ordered to pay restitution (386 people).

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