Length of Time (Days) to Complete Prosecution or Decline Customs Referral 1997
Federal Judicial District = N. J.

Item	Value
median time for prosecution (days)	120
rank: median time for prosecution	63
average time for prosecution (days)	199
rank: average time for prosecution	65
# of prosecutions completed	185
median time before declined (days)	459
rank: median time before declined	29
average time before declined (days)	621
rank: average time before declined	23
# of referrals with prosecution declined	24

Median = half of referrals took longer, half took shorter.

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