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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.
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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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Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2025
In fiscal year 2025, 870 people were sentenced in federal court for theft or fraud under §2B1.1 with the loss amount not specified, and 660 (76%) went to prison. The overall median prison term was 18 months. The 36 people convicted at trial, all of whom went to prison, had a median prison term of 78
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2024
For federal theft and fraud cases under §2B1.1 with no loss amount specified, the median prison term in fiscal year 2024 was 21 months. That was higher than the 20-month median for every §2B1.1 case that year. 663 of the 908 people sentenced in this band (73%) went to prison.
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2023
Federal courts sentenced 907 people for theft or fraud in fiscal year 2023 under guideline §2B1.1 where no loss amount was specified. 858 (95%) pleaded guilty, and 93% of those guilty pleas came with a written plea agreement. 656 people (72%) received a prison term, with a median of 18 months.
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2022
In fiscal year 2022, federal judges sentenced 1,062 people under the theft and fraud guideline, §2B1.1, in cases with no loss amount specified. 805 (76%) received a prison term, with a median of 18 months. 67 people (6%) received a sentence above the guideline range, and 471 (44%) received one withi
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2021
Of the 834 people sentenced in fiscal year 2021 for theft or fraud under §2B1.1 with no recorded loss amount, 805 (97%) pleaded guilty. That was the highest guilty plea rate for this band in any fiscal year from 2016 to 2025. The median prison term, 16.9 months, was the lowest in those years and low
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2020
715 people were sentenced in fiscal year 2020 for federal theft or fraud under guideline §2B1.1 with no dollar loss listed, fewer than in any other year from 2016 to 2025. 500 of them (70%) received a prison term. Their median prison term was 18 months, the same median as all §2B1.1 cases that fisca
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2019
In fiscal year 2019, the median federal prison term for theft or fraud cases with no loss amount specified was 20 months. That figure covers 901 of the 1,244 people sentenced under guideline §2B1.1 in this band. It was lower than the 22-month median across all §2B1.1 cases that year, and 266 people
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2018
The U.S. Sentencing Commission counted 1,242 people sentenced for federal theft or fraud in fiscal year 2018 under §2B1.1 with the loss amount not specified. 945 of them (76%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 24 months, the same as the median for every §2B1.1 case that year. On
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2017
Federal courts sentenced 1,064 people in fiscal year 2017 for theft or fraud under guideline §2B1.1 where the records list no dollar loss. 803 of them (75%) went to prison, with a median prison term of 24 months. The 58 people convicted at trial had a median prison term of 61.5 months, while the med
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With the Loss Amount Not Specified, Fiscal Year 2016
In fiscal year 2016, 1,240 people were sentenced in federal court under the theft and fraud guideline, §2B1.1, with no dollar loss amount specified in the records. Of them, 910 (73%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 24 months. That median was higher than the 22.2 months for all
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With a Loss Over $3.5 Million, Fiscal Year 2025
In fiscal year 2025, the most recent year in these records, 443 people were sentenced for federal theft or fraud with a loss over $3.5 million. Of them, 415 (94%) went to prison, and the median prison term was 48 months (4 years). After a trial, the median was 72 months; after a guilty plea, it was
Federal Theft and Fraud Sentences With a Loss Over $3.5 Million, Fiscal Year 2024
Fiscal year 2024 had 452 people sentenced in federal court for theft or fraud with a loss over $3.5 million, the largest yearly count for this band from 2016 to 2025. The median prison term was 48 months (4 years) for the 432 people sent to prison. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 41 peopl
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