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.