Graphical Highlights
 
White Collar Offenses
Districts by Their Difference in Median Sentences of Judges, FY 2007 - FY 2011

Federal Judicial District* Number of Judges Number Sentenced Median Sentence of Judge (months) Ranking on Difference
Median Judge Lowest Judge Highest Judge Difference
All 338 21,149 11.5 0 41.5 -
Ill, N 8 389 15.3 0 39 39 1
Maryland 8 438 18 1 28 27 2
Ga, N 8 430 34 16.5 41.5 25 3
N Car, W 4 277 18.3 0 24 24 4
Oregon 5 250 15 0 24 24 4
Texas, W 5 274 12 0 24 24 4
Mich, W 2 100 24.5 13 36 23 7
N. Y., S 13 589 7 0 22.5 22.5 8
Fla, M 13 698 10 2.6 24 21.5 9
Texas, N 11 751 15 7 28.5 21.5 9
Penn, M 3 153 3 0 21 21 11
Virg, E 11 720 21 10 31 21 11
Texas, S 2 90 28.3 18 38.5 20.5 13
Mo, W 6 378 10 0 19.5 19.5 14
N. J. 12 595 7.3 0 19.5 19.5 14
Penn, E 6 301 12 0 19 19 16
Cal, E 9 536 9 3.4 22 18.6 17
Fla, S 20 2,596 24 12 30.5 18.5 18
Ohio, N 12 693 5.5 0 18 18 19
Wash, W 7 390 18 6 23 17 20
Ala, N 7 324 6 0 16.5 16.5 21
Ill, S 2 91 16.3 8.6 24 15.4 22
La, W 2 81 7.5 0 15 15 23
Wisc, E 5 258 6 3 18 15 23
Tenn, W 4 305 7 5 18 13 25
Miss, S 7 583 0 0 12.5 12.5 26
N Car, M 2 95 18.3 12 24.5 12.5 26
N. Y., E 4 192 3 0 12.5 12.5 26
Miss, N 2 95 6.1 0 12.2 12.2 29
Texas, E 4 340 15 5.9 18 12.1 30
Ark, E 3 141 0 0 12 12 31
Kansas 5 275 12 0 12 12 31
La, E 2 91 6 0 12 12 31
Montana 2 152 18 12 24 12 31
Ohio, S 6 292 7 0 12 12 31
Penn, W 5 248 4 0 12 12 31
R. I. 2 112 6 0 12 12 31
S Car 8 685 5.5 0 12 12 31
Cal, C 8 498 6 4 15 11 39
Utah 5 366 19.5 12 22.5 10.5 40
Ken, E 2 139 17 12 22 10 41
Mo, E 9 633 10 2 12 10 41
Cal, N 4 173 2.5 0 8 8 43
Colorado 3 170 0 0 6 6 44
Minnesota 3 174 18 18 24 6 44
N Car, E 3 173 12 12 18 6 44
N. Y., N 2 91 3 0 6 6 44
Nevada 4 204 4.3 2 8 6 44
N. Y., W 4 301 5 0 5.5 5.5 49
Ga, S 2 128 22.5 20 25 5 50
Idaho 2 115 8.5 6 11 5 50
Ken, W 4 252 12 10 15 5 50
Mich, E 2 90 9.5 7 12 5 50
Ga, M 2 101 9 7 11 4 54
Tenn, E 2 144 13.8 12 15.5 3.5 55
Conn 2 96 1.5 0 3 3 56
Nebraska 3 257 6 5 8 3 56
New Hamp 2 119 16.5 15 18 3 56
Ala, S 3 184 5 4 6 2 59
Virg, W 2 105 17 16 18 2 59
Delaware 2 101 12.5 12 13 1 61
Ind, N 3 201 5 4 5 1 61
La, M 3 170 0 0 1 1 61
Iowa, S 2 103 6 6 6 0 64
Puer Rico 3 198 0 0 0 0 64
Arizona 1 41 0 0 0 - n/a
Cal, S 1 58 18 18 18 - n/a
Fla, N 1 60 19.5 19.5 19.5 - n/a
Iowa, N 1 54 25 25 25 - n/a
Ind, S 1 60 21 21 21 - n/a
Mass 1 49 0 0 0 - n/a
Okla, E 1 60 15 15 15 - n/a
Okla, N 1 41 4 4 4 - n/a
Okla, W 1 44 15 15 15 - n/a
S Dakota 1 65 0 0 0 - n/a
Tenn, M 1 56 8 8 8 - n/a
Vermont 1 44 9 9 9 - n/a
Wisc, W 1 118 9 9 9 - n/a
W Virg, N 1 53 15 15 15 - n/a
W Virg, S 1 52 11 11 11 - n/a
* To help ensure sufficient number of cases for meaningful comparison, only 338 judges who had sentenced at least 40 white collar cases during this period were compared. They sentenced a total of 21,149 defendants, with an average of 62 sentences each. A total of 65 districts had at least two judges who met this criteria and were therefore included in these comparisons. The following districts are not included in this table because no judge on those courts had sentenced as many as 40 white collar defendants: Ala, M; Alaska; Ark, W; D. C.; Guam; Hawaii; Ill, C; Maine; N Dakota; N Mar Is; N Mexico; Virgin Is; Wash, E; Wyoming.

n/a = Not applicable. Districts had to have at least 2 judges to be ranked.


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