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 Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics  
 
Section 5
Judicial processing of defendants
 
Processing of criminal defendants in the United States, including data from Federal,
State, juvenile, and military courts is detailed in Section 5. Among the sources of these
data are the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau
of Justice Statistics; U.S. Sentencing Commission; National Center for Juvenile Justice;
Internal Revenue Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service; and the U.S. Department
of Defense.  
 
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Contents
Requests for immunity by Federal prosecutors  
Court-authorized interception of wire,
oral, or electronic communications 
Cases filed and disposed of by U.S.
attorneys 
Cases filed, terminated, and pending in
U.S. District Courts 
Defendants detained by U.S. District Courts 
Pretrial release and detention of
defendants in U.S. District Courts 
Criminal matters concluded by U.S.
attorneys 
Suspects declined for prosecution by U.S.
attorneys 
Suspects referred to U.S. magistrates 
Defendants prosecuted, convicted, and
sentenced in U.S. District Courts 
Length of sentences imposed by U.S.
District Courts 
Time served in prison for offenders
sentenced in U.S. District Courts 
Defendants disposed of and sentenced in
U.S. District Courts 
Noncitizens prosecuted and sentenced in
U.S. District Courts 
Application of U.S. Sentencing Commission
guidelines 
Dispositions and sentences of drug law
violators in U.S. District Courts 
Convictions resulting from arrests by the
Drug Enforcement Administration 
Antitrust cases filed in U.S. District
Courts 
Length of time to disposition of cases in
U.S. District Courts 
Felony cases and convictions in State and
Federal courts 
Type and length of sentences imposed by
State and Federal courts 
Sentence length and time to be served in
State and Federal prison 
Felons sentenced to additional penalties in
State courts 
Length of time to sentencing of cases in
State courts 
Characteristics of juvenile offenders and
case outcomes 
Prisoner petitions filed in U.S. District
Courts 
Appeals filed, terminated, and pending in
U.S. Courts of Appeals 
Activities of the U.S. Supreme Court 
Cases filed, disposed of, and pending in
the U.S. Supreme Court 
Writ of certiorari petitions to the U.S.
Supreme Court 
Cases argued in the U.S. Supreme Court 
Executive clemency applications 
Judicial misconduct complaints and
dispositions 
Criminal tax fraud cases 
Arrests and convictions handled by the
U.S. Postal Inspection Service 
Prosecutions and convictions for
violations of immigration and nationality laws 
Investigative activity and dispositions
of arrests by the U.S. Secret Service 
Abuse of public office cases 
U.S. Army Courts-Martial cases 
U.S. Coast Guard Courts-Martial cases 
Tables and figures
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