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State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 2004 - Statistical Tables
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Table 1.5. Estimated time to be served in State prison, by offense, 2004
Most serious
conviction
offense |
|
|
Estimated time served in prison -- |
| Mean prison sentence |
|
| Percent of sentence/a |
Time/b |
|
| |
All offenses |
57 |
mo |
55 |
% |
32 |
mo |
| Violent
offenses |
92 |
mo |
66 |
% |
61 |
mo |
| |
Murder/c |
241 |
|
61 |
|
147 |
|
| |
Sexual
assault/d |
116 |
|
68 |
|
79 |
|
| |
|
Rape |
154 |
|
71 |
|
109 |
|
| |
|
Other
sexual assault |
90 |
|
67 |
|
60 |
|
| |
Robbery |
100 |
|
64 |
|
64 |
|
| |
Aggravated
assault |
61 |
|
69 |
|
42 |
|
| |
Other
violent/e |
59 |
|
66 |
|
39 |
|
| Property
offenses |
45 |
mo |
53 |
% |
24 |
mo |
| |
Burglary |
56 |
|
51 |
|
29 |
|
| |
Larceny/f |
35 |
|
56 |
|
20 |
|
| |
|
Motor
vehicle theft |
29 |
|
60 |
|
17 |
|
| |
Fraud/g |
42 |
|
48 |
|
20 |
|
| Drug
offenses |
51 |
mo |
44 |
% |
22 |
mo |
| |
Possession |
37 |
|
42 |
|
16 |
|
| |
Trafficking |
60 |
|
47 |
|
28 |
|
| Weapon
offenses |
47 |
mo |
65 |
% |
30 |
mo |
| Other
offenses/h |
41 |
mo |
51 |
% |
21 |
mo |
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a/2004 data on time served in prison were not available at time of publication. Consequently, 2003 data were used to estimate time served in prison in 2004. Percentages are based
on data from 269,652 persons released from State prisons in 2003 (National
Corrections Reporting Program, 2003 tables 2-8 and 2-12). These percentages
included credited jail time.
b/Derived by multiplying
the percentage of sentence to be served by the mean sentence imposed.
c/Includes nonnegligent
manslaughter.
d/Includes rape.
e/Includes offenses such
as negligent manslaughter and kidnapping.
f/Includes motor vehicle
theft.
g/Includes forgery and
embezzlement.
h/Composed of nonviolent
offenses such as receiving stolen property and vandalism. |
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Source: National Judicial Reporting Program
See also Methodology
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