International Terrorism
Referrals for Prosecution Declined by Reason
Fiscal Year | Total | |||||
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1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||
Prosecutions Filed | 8 | 7 | 29 | 14 | 57 | 115 |
Prosecutions Declined | 33 | 11 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 128 |
Percent Prosecutions Declined | 80% | 61% | 50% | 61% | 37% | 53% |
Reason Prosecution Declined: | 6 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 32 |
Lack of evidence of criminal intent | ||||||
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
No federal offense evident | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Suspect deceased | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
No known suspect | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 5 |
Office policy | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Other reasons given: | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Agency request | ||||||
All work completed | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Declined per instructions from DOJ | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
Jurisdiction or venue problems | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
Juvenile suspect | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Lack of investigative resources | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Lack of prosecutive resources | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Rule 40 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Suspect a fugitive | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Suspect serving sentence | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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