Terrorism-Domestic Prosecutions for October 2017

Number Latest Month 4
Number Previous Month 4
Percent Change from 1 year ago 11.1
Percent Change from 5 years ago -34.8
Table 1. Criminal Terrorism-Domestic Prosecutions

The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during October 2017 the government reported 4 new terrorism-domestic prosecutions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is the same as in the previous month.

The comparisons of the number of defendants charged are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (see Table 2).

When monthly 2017 prosecutions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of filings was up (11.1%). Prosecutions over the past year are still much lower than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that prosecutions of this type are down 34.8 percent from levels reported in 2012.

Bar and line plot of FYMON

Figure 1. Monthly Trends in Terrorism-Domestic Prosecutions

The decrease from the levels five years ago in terrorism-domestic prosecutions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 2. The vertical bars in Figure 2 represent the number of terrorism-domestic prosecutions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. To view trends year-by-year rather than month-by-month, see TRAC's annual report series for a broader picture.

Number of Defendants in Terrorism-Domestic Cases

Table 2 lists all separate cases with the number of defendants.

Case Defendant #  
2017 - Arizona (Phoenix) Case: 1 1 Details
2017 - Ind, N (South Bend) Case: 2 1 Details
2017 - N Car, W (Asheville) Case: 3 1 Details
2017 - Okla, N (Tulsa) Case: 4 1 Details
Table 2. Number of Defendants per Case

Report Generated: November 28, 2017
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