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May 19, 2021

US Sentencing Commission releases lots of notable new data and "Quick Facts" reports

I was pleased to receive an email from the US Sentencing Commission today titled "What's New in Federal Sentencing?".  This email provided links and brief highlights of a lot of new items and data just posted to the USSC's website.  Here is a sampling from the email:

NEW First Step Act Data

The U.S. Sentencing Commission published updated data on sentence reductions pursuant to Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018. Under Section 404, defendants sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 are eligible for a retroactive sentence reduction. 

Data Highlights

Through September 30, 2020, the Commission received the following information from the courts: 

  • 3,705 offenders were granted a sentence reduction under Section 404.
  • 65% were assigned to the highest Criminal History Category (VI). 
    • 56% were Career Offenders.
  • 45% received a weapon-related sentencing enhancement.
  • Offenders received an average decrease of 6 years in their sentence. 
    • The original average sentence was 274 months.
    • The new average sentence was 202 months.
  • 87% of granted motions were made by the defendant, 9% by the attorney for the government, and 4% by the court.

Quick Facts 

The Commission continues to update QuickFacts with new data. Recently updated QuickFacts include:

QuickFacts publications give readers basic facts about a single area of federal crime in an easy-to-read, two-page format. The Commission releases new QuickFacts periodically.

May 19, 2021 at 02:04 PM | Permalink

Comments

No recidivism data?

Posted by: William C Jockusch | May 20, 2021 8:29:15 AM

Lots of recidivism data here -

https://www.ussc.gov/research/data-reports/retroactivity-analyses-and-data-reports

Posted by: atomicfrog | May 20, 2021 9:47:30 AM

Might help if I put the right link in -

https://www.ussc.gov/topic/research-reports

Posted by: atomicfrog | May 20, 2021 1:24:03 PM

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