Federal Judges: Measuring Their Sentencing Patterns

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

Prison Sentence (months)	Number of Judges	Percent of Judges
Total	614	100.0
No prison sentence**	91	14.8
Some sentence under 3 mos.	51	8.3
3 mos. to < 6 mos.	152	24.8
6 mos. to < 9 mos.	105	17.1
9 mos. to < 12 mos.	51	8.3
12 mos. to < 15 mos.	103	16.8
15 mos. to < 18 mos.	36	5.9
18 mos. to < 21 mos.	15	2.4
21 mos. to < 24 mos.	4	0.7
24 mos. or more	6	1.0

* 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.