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The
proportion of those convicted in Federal court who are sentenced to prison
has been increasing.
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click on the chart.
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- Source: Federal
Criminal Case Processing, 2002 with trends 1982-2002, Reconciled Data.
- Note: Includes all cases
handled by U.S. district court judges and Class A
- misdemeanors handled by
U.S. magistrates. Beginning with 1994, the data reported are based on
the Federal fiscal year beginning October 1; prior years' data are based
on the calendar year. Imprisoned includes those defendants sentenced
to both imprisonment and some form of community corrections, e.g., home
detention.
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