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The
proportion of those convicted in federal court who are sentenced to prison
has been increasing.
To view data,
click on the chart.
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- Source: Federal
Criminal Case Processing, 2002 with trends 1982-2002,
Reconciled Data; Compendium
of Federal Justice Statistics, annual
and Federal Justice Statistics - Statistical Tables, annual.
- Note: Includes all cases
handled by U.S. district court judges and Class A
misdemeanors handled by
U.S. magistrates. Beginning with 1994, the data
reported are based on
the federal fiscal year beginning October 1; prior years'
data are based
on the calendar year.
*Imprisoned includes those defendants sentenced
to both imprisonment
and some form of community corrections, e.g.,
home detention.
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