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![Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation were included in the guideline minimum average computations as 470 months and zero months, respectively. In turn, cases with sentences of 470 months or greater (including life) or probation were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months, respectively. In addition, the information presented in this table includes time of confinement as described in USSG § 5C1.1. Guideline minimums account for applicable statutory mandatory penalties. Descriptions of variables used in this table are provided in Appendix A [omitted].](https://dup.silverchair-cdn.com/dup/Content_public/Journal/fsr/37/1/10.1215_10539867-11484780/6/s_fsr11484780figure1.png?Expires=2147483647&Signature=l76GD57PnJLDDv3HM76abiyG4XsbtKxlxvZnxajc-9oWcvQx0o7-gSIf3GpbMt5qhATi9T9rifuJaY3aqUWIiQWldcfHiYLAj8hXurv~vXoj1qHc1KbDK5DsfH1P0o5Z6~yii7AYBxMskg1YEcXXt2W8Agbk5DwLNssTNhL~svdCx11XoBIr-hga0kqLYUwb9SBJt-JiCvvyhyzyPPEiPZwezdRkTh4kty3B3jKTwsKl4DP-wPhKLdQn5S45tIFnNUdru54MB-Eumfx-F7olbhINPkjbnNSDr3cIq9X9VUtXPY1umph68v0FPj1C7H5Gen5oQJ05mTohXMO3GxFPpA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
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Reflections on The First Month Out : Reentry Then and Now
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2011) 24 (1): 70–71.
Published: 01 October 2011
...Marta Nelson Abstract One of the people involved in the 1999 Vera Institute of Justice research project The First Month Out—which explored and documented the reality of prisoners' experiences in the days and weeks following release from prison or jail—discusses the ramifications of the report...
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The First Month Out: Post-Incarceration Experiences in New York City
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2011) 24 (1): 72–75.
Published: 01 October 2011
... participants about life in the first thirty days after getting out of prison or jail. Those first days and weeks appear to be critical, with arrest rates for released prisoners highest soon after release and declining over time. The study showed that the first month is not only a period of difficulties...
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Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation were included in the gui...
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in Prepared Testimony: U.S. Sentencing Commission, before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, October 12, 2011
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Published: 01 February 2025
Figure A1 Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation were included in the guideline minimum average computations as 470 months and zero months, respectively. In turn, cases with sentences of 470 months or greater (including life) or probation were included in the sentence average
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Limitations of the Commission’s “Length of Incarceration and Recidivism” Report (2022)
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 35 (1): 43–46.
Published: 01 October 2022
...Tina M. Woehr; Allison L. Bruning Abstract The U.S. Sentencing Commission a report entitled “Length of Incarceration and Recidivism,” in 2022 examining a cohort of federally convicted incarcerated individuals released in 2010. It asserts that individuals sentenced to 60–120 months, as well as those...
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The Cost of Testing: Upside-Down World
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2024) 36 (4): 181–182.
Published: 01 April 2024
...Randall McNeil My name is Randall McNeil. I currently work as a Policy Analyst at Arnold Ventures, and I was formerly incarcerated. Released in August 2022 under DC’s IRAA reform after spending 24 years and 4 months in prison, I expected support from my probation officer upon my return to society...
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Seeking Racial Justice Through Data in 2021 and Beyond
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 33 (4): 269–271.
Published: 01 April 2021
...Melba V. Pearson Abstract In the wake of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, many people are posing the question as to what is next for racial and social justice. As the power of the prosecutor has been on display in recent months, what can be done to make sure that accountability is spread...
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Why Are Federal Meth Sentences Getting Longer?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2021) 34 (1): 44–62.
Published: 01 October 2021
.... I predict that the average meth trafficking sentence would have lengthened by 27–33% less, or 3.3–4.0 fewer months, if all cases were sentenced as the same meth type but all other case attributes remained unchanged. The remainder of the growth is attributable to case and offender characteristics...
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A Big Agenda and a Big Question for the New Sentencing Commission
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 35 (2): 87–89.
Published: 01 December 2022
... no shortage of large and small issues to tackle in the months and years ahead, and it faces not only a full and substantive agenda, but also a big operational question as it gets to work on its priorities. The Commission has long stressed consensus in developing guideline amendments and related policy work...
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Life in the Fast Lane: Dynamic Sentencing Developments across the Nation
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2023) 35 (3): 151–152.
Published: 01 February 2023
..., federal prosecutors were operating under aging, interim charging, pleas, and sentencing guidelines, issued barely a week after President Biden took office, that revived former Attorney General Holder’s 2010 policies. But, in just a matter of months, the federal system has gone from a holding pattern...
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Marvin Frankel’s Sentencing Reform Journey: 1970–1978
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2023) 35 (4-5): 288–292.
Published: 01 April 2023
... would not deliver for nearly two years. By April 1971, he had settled on his topic: judicial sentencing discretion and its discontents in federal court. His first extensive pronouncement was at the annual banquet of the Columbia Law Review that month. Initially he was opposed to the delegation...
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2012) 25 (1): 20–30.
Published: 01 October 2012
... median sentence for drug cases in the district as 52 months (for a judge who sentenced only 41 defendants) and the highest as 121 months, a difference of 69 months between the lowest and highest judge in the district for the period 2006-2010.9 The Eastern District of Virginia, however, has three...
View articletitled, TRAC's Report Claiming “Surprising Judge-to-Judge Variation” Fails to Compare Similar Cases, Relies on Poor Quality Data, Uses an Unreliable Method of Identifying Case Type, Uses Incorrect Methods of Reporting Sentence Length, and Contains Numerous Errors
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The Impact of Changes in Federal Law and Policy on the Sentencing of, and Time Served in Prison by, Drug Defendants Convicted in U.S. District Courts
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 14 (3-4): 152–158.
Published: 01 January 2002
... serious offenders. Between 1986Ñthe year preceding implementation of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984Ñand 1999 the proportion of drug defendants sentenced to a term of incarceration increased from 77% to 89% of those convicted.8 The average prison term imposed increased from 62 months to 74 months (Þgure...
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Immigration Offenses Involving Unlawful Entry: Is Federal Practice Comparable Across Districts?
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 14 (5): 260–266.
Published: 01 March 2002
...) any other felony, or (ii) three or more misdemeanor controlled substance offenses, increase by 4 levels. Months of imprisonment ¥ The conviction was for an aggravated felony. The resulting offense level was level 24, which would have provided a sentence range between 51 and 125 months, depending upon...
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TRAC Report: Examining Current Federal Sentencing Practices: A National Study of Differences Among Judges
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2012) 25 (1): 6–17.
Published: 01 October 2012
... affected by timing issues of when a judge served, should the nature of the workload at a courthouse have changed over time. For Subset 2, in addition to focusing on the judges who had served the full 60-month period, we eliminated any judge who had retired at any point prior to the end of scal year 2011...
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Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines in the District of Columbia: Results of the Pilot Program
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2007) 19 (3): 208–218.
Published: 01 February 2007
... Grid, which allows for a prison sentence in the range between eighteen and sixty months and also allows for a short split sentence. Thus, a sentence of thirty-six months in prison is within the box, as is a sentence of thirty-six months, with all but six months suspended, followed by a period...
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The Consequences of Counting Juvenile Adjudications in Adult Sentencing
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2022) 34 (4): 251–258.
Published: 01 April 2022
... with an OGS of 5 and a PRS of 1 receive a standard range recommendation of one to twelve months of county incarceration.The relative cost of each additional point is exponential: individuals with PRS 2 have a recommended minimum sentence of three months, or 3Â the minimum of PRS 1, which increases to 6Â...
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“Drawn from Nowhere”: A Review of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s White-Collar Sentencing Guidelines and Loss Data
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2013) 26 (1): 19–27.
Published: 01 October 2013
... 18.6 months in FY 2006 to 24 months as of the second quarter of FY 2013.9 Although average sentences for fraud have grown signi cantly, they remain lower than for all but immigration offenses. Yet fraud sentences grew by the greatest percentage among all major offense categories, including drug traf...
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Determination of Starting Sentences in Israel——System and Application
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2010) 22 (4): 232–242.
Published: 01 April 2010
... to the custodial sentence). The most common period of suspension was twelve months of imprisonment (37 percent of cases); however, suspended terms of imprisonment of eighteen months (20 percent of cases) or twenty-four months (18 percent of cases) were also frequently given. In contrast, it was relatively unusual...
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Life Sentences in the Federal System
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2015) 27 (5): 312–321.
Published: 01 June 2015
... and the criminal history category, the judge consults a sentencing table18 on which are 258 imprisonment ranges, expressed in numbers of months,19 to nd the range that corresponds to the nal offense level and criminal history category that applies in the case.20 The number of months at the high end or top...
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Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund Annual Report November 2001
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Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 14 (6): 359–366.
Published: 01 May 2002
... sentence length for each year (1997Ð 1999) and the estimated time served ¥ The time served in the Þrst year sentenced (6 months) ¥ The time served in subsequent years following sentencing (Time Served minus 6 months) ¥ The cost per month based on the daily cost calculated by the ADC of $52.81 Calculation 1...
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