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1994 Felony Sentences U.S. 1 (1994)

handle is hein.death/felsus1994 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs July 1997, NCJ-165149 Felony Sentences n the United States, 1994 By Patrick A. Langan, Ph.D. and Jodi M. Brown BJS Statisticians In 1994 Federal courts convicted 39,624 persons of violent, property, drug, and other felonies. State courts convicted 872,218, bringing the com- bined U.S. total to 911,842 felons convicted. Felony convictions, 1990-94 The 911,842 felony convictions in State and Federal courts in 1994 were 5% greater than the 866,028 in 1990 (table 1). However, between 1992 and 1994 the total number of felony convictions decreased by almost 3%. This drop from 1992 to 1994 is a result of a 5% decrease in felony convictions in Federal courts and 2% in State courts. Table 1. Convictions In State and Federal courts, 1990, 1992, and 1994 1990 1992 1994 Total 866,028 935,303 911,842 State 829,344 893,630 872,218 Federal 36,684 41,673 39,624 Annual percent chanae Overall 1990-92 1992-94 1990-94 1990-94 Total 3.9% -1.3% 1.3% 5.3% State 3.8 -1.2 1.3 5.2 Federal 6.6 -2.5 1.9 8.0 * In 1994 Federal courts convicted 39,624 persons of violent, property, drug, and other felonies. State courts convicted 872,218, bringing the combined U.S. total to 911,842 felons convicted. Federal courts ac- counted for 4% of the national total. * Between 1992 and 1994 the num- ber of felony convictions decreased 2% in State courts and 5% in Fed- eral courts. * In 1994 State and Federal courts together imposed a prison sentence on 46% of all persons convicted of a felony. Federal courts sentenced 62% of felons to prison, and State courts, 45%. * State and Federal courts together sentenced to prison 62% of the 167,000 felons convicted of a violent crime in 1994. * In 1994 the average prison sen- tence imposed was about 6 years in State courts and 61/ years in Federal courts. * The average Federal prison sen- tence (61/2 years) and the average State sentence (6 years) do not dif- fer greatly, but newly sentenced Federal prisoners are expected to serve, on average, 3 years longer than newly sentenced State prison- ers (51 years versus 21/2 years). In 1994, 45% of felons convicted In State courts were sentenced to prison compared to 62% of felons convicted In Federal courts State courts Federal courts 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Percent of felons Hihig t I (a

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