Felony Sentences in the United States, 1990

The latest available figures covering both State and Federal sentencing reveal that, in 1990, the Nation's courts convicted about 150,000 adults of a violent felony. An estimated 148,000 of the 150,000 occurred in State courts. The remaining approximately 2,000 were in Federal courts. Federal courts accounted for about 1% of all violent felony convictions in the Nation. In 1990, convictions for violent, property, drug and other felonies totaled 36,684 in Federal courts and 829,344 in State courts, or 866,028 altogether. Federal courts accounted for 4.2% of the national total. 10/94. NCJ 149077

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