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
Data Highlights
3,705 offenders were
65% were assigned to the highest Criminal History Category (VI).
56% were Career Offenders.
Offenders received an
The original average sentence was 274 months.
The new average sentence was 202 months.