Federal Judges: Measuring Their Sentencing Patterns

Drug Offenses
Median Sentences Imposed by U.S. District Court Judges*
Fiscal Years 2000 - 2002

Prison Sentence (Years)**	Number of Judges	Percent of Judges
Total	614	100.0
Some sentence under 1 year	1	0.2
1 year to < 2 years	31	5.0
2 years to < 3 years	60	9.8
3 years to < 4 years	97	15.8
4 years to < 5 years	115	18.7
5 years to < 6 years	184	30.0
6 years to < 7 years	42	6.8
7 years to < 8 years	41	6.7
8 years to < 9 years	15	2.4
9 years to < 10 years	8	1.3
10 years or more	20	3.3

* U.S. District Court judges who were recorded as disposing of cases involving at least 50 defendants, including at least 10 drug and 10 white collar defendants.

** Due to government recording limitations, may include jail time of less than half a month.