Sentencing Stats’ co-founder Mark Allenbaugh and advisor Doug Passon analysis the forthcoming 2024 US Sentencing Commission Amendments
US Sentencing Commission 2024 Amendments
Tag: sentencing
Making sense of the Donald Trump RICO Pleas
Donald Trump Rico Sentencing Analysis
Danny Masterson Sentencing Analysis
Danny Masterson Sentencing Analysis
Pre-Trial Detention Through the Lens of Sam Bankman-Fried (and DJT)
When a judge decides to imprison a client before their trial, even though they haven’t been convicted and are presumed innocent, it effectively bypasses the usual legal process. It’s like skipping the initial steps and going straight to sentencing, without any chance to collect resources or build a defense. The practice of pre-trial detention should
DAY 49: AN OUTBREAK AT FCI-LOMPOC and MISSING INFECTED STAFF
The BOP claims to update its data everyday at 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Today it was hours late. Perhaps the oddity of the data it eventually did report may explain the late update. Today was the largest one-day jump in number of confirmed infected inmates: 546. Most of that was comprised by an increase of
Martin Shkreli Sentencing Analysis
We review Martin Shkreli’s 84-month sentence. “Pharma Bro” received a very, very low 84-month sentence statistically speaking, when compared to similarly situated defendants. We also review Judge Matsumoto’s federal fraud sentences to determine that while a low sentence from a national statistical perspective, an 84-month sentence is the second highest ever imposed by Judge Matsumoto.
H.R. 4261, the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Effective (SAFE) Justice Act
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Jason Lewis (R-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at safely reining in the size and associated costs of the federal criminal code and prison system. A press release with a link to the legislation can be here: https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-lewis-introduce-bipartisan-criminal-justice-reform-legislation
Former Deputy City Treasurer Sentenced to 78 months for Embezzlement of Millions in City Funds
Salvador Galvan was sentenced on November 3, 2017 to 78 months’ imprisonment for embezzling over $3.7 million of city of funds. A 78 month sentence is in the 97.4th percentile for all offenders sentenced between 2006 and 2016 under 2B1.1, who pleaded guilty, and were in Criminal History Category I. In other words, Galvan’s sentence
Manafort Sentencing Analysis Update
In this episode, we provide a revised sentencing analysis based on a viewer’s input.