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Table 3.1. Percent released of pretrial release cases terminated, by offense, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Most serious offense charged |
Number of defendants |
|
Percent released |
|
| Released |
All defendants |
|
| |
All offensesa |
27,253 |
|
79,137 |
|
|
34.4 |
% |
| Violent offenses |
912 |
|
3,104 |
|
|
29.4 |
% |
| |
Murderb |
59 |
|
215 |
|
|
27.4 |
|
| |
Negligent manslaughter |
6 |
|
6 |
|
|
^ |
|
| |
Assault |
414 |
|
847 |
|
|
48.9 |
|
| |
Robbery |
200 |
|
1,450 |
|
|
13.8 |
|
| |
Sexual abuseb |
211 |
|
440 |
|
|
48.0 |
|
| |
Kidnapping |
13 |
|
101 |
|
|
12.9 |
|
| |
Threats against the President |
9 |
|
45 |
|
|
20.0 |
|
| Property offenses |
8,543 |
|
12,604 |
|
|
67.8 |
% |
| |
Fraudulent |
6,863 |
|
10,219 |
|
|
67.2 |
% |
| |
|
Embezzlement |
731 |
|
805 |
|
|
90.8 |
|
| |
|
Fraudb |
5,445 |
|
8,377 |
|
|
65.0 |
|
| |
|
Forgery |
55 |
|
81 |
|
|
67.9 |
|
| |
|
Counterfeiting |
632 |
|
956 |
|
|
66.1 |
|
| |
Other |
1,680 |
|
2,385 |
|
|
70.4 |
% |
| |
|
Burglary |
36 |
|
80 |
|
|
45.0 |
|
| |
|
Larcenyb |
1,377 |
|
1,840 |
|
|
74.8 |
|
| |
|
Motor vehicle theft |
39 |
|
104 |
|
|
37.5 |
|
| |
|
Arson and explosives |
74 |
|
137 |
|
|
54.0 |
|
| |
|
Transportation of stolen property |
75 |
|
115 |
|
|
65.2 |
|
| |
|
Other property offensesb |
79 |
|
109 |
|
|
72.5 |
|
| |
Drug offenses |
8,810 |
|
26,046 |
|
|
33.8 |
% |
| |
|
Trafficking |
7,671 |
|
23,761 |
|
|
32.3 |
|
| |
|
Other drug offenses |
1,139 |
|
2,285 |
|
|
49.8 |
|
| Public-order offenses |
4,894 |
|
7,451 |
|
|
65.7 |
% |
| |
Regulatory |
996 |
|
1,621 |
|
|
61.4 |
% |
| |
|
Agriculture |
3 |
|
5 |
|
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Antitrust |
17 |
|
17 |
|
|
100.0 |
|
| |
|
Food and drug |
44 |
|
51 |
|
|
86.3 |
|
| |
|
Transportation |
89 |
|
136 |
|
|
65.4 |
|
| |
|
Civil rights |
55 |
|
67 |
|
|
82.1 |
|
| |
|
Communications |
30 |
|
39 |
|
|
76.9 |
|
| |
|
Custom laws |
55 |
|
75 |
|
|
73.3 |
|
| |
|
Postal laws |
127 |
|
146 |
|
|
87.0 |
|
| |
|
Other regulatory offenses |
576 |
|
1,085 |
|
|
53.1 |
|
| |
Other |
3,898 |
|
5,830 |
|
|
66.9 |
% |
| |
|
Tax law violationsb |
453 |
|
497 |
|
|
91.1 |
|
| |
|
Bribery |
96 |
|
105 |
|
|
91.4 |
|
| |
|
Perjury, contempt, and intimidation |
127 |
|
211 |
|
|
60.2 |
|
| |
|
National defense |
67 |
|
108 |
|
|
62.0 |
|
| |
|
Escape |
72 |
|
606 |
|
|
11.9 |
|
| |
|
Racketeering and extortion |
470 |
|
899 |
|
|
52.3 |
|
| |
|
Gambling |
41 |
|
45 |
|
|
91.1 |
|
| |
|
Liquor offenses |
2 |
|
8 |
|
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Nonviolent sex offenses |
638 |
|
1,028 |
|
|
62.1 |
|
| |
|
Obscene materialb |
41 |
|
54 |
|
|
75.9 |
|
| |
|
Traffic offenses |
1,308 |
|
1,519 |
|
|
86.1 |
|
| |
|
Wildlife |
140 |
|
152 |
|
|
92.1 |
|
| |
|
Environmental |
25 |
|
27 |
|
|
92.6 |
|
| |
|
All other offensesb |
418 |
|
571 |
|
|
73.2 |
|
| Weapons offenses |
2,566 |
|
7,534 |
|
|
34.1 |
% |
| Immigration offenses |
1,483 |
|
22,275 |
|
|
6.7 |
% |
|
Note: Released defendants include some defendants who were also detained prior to trial.
Total also includes defendants for whom release status data were unavailable.
^ Too few cases to obtain statistically reliable data.
aIncludes 123 defendants for whom an offense category could not be determined,
45 of whom were released.
bIn this table, "Murder" includes nonnegligent manslaughter; "Sexual abuse" includes
only violent sex offenses; "Fraud" excludes tax fraud; "Larceny" excludes transportation
of stolen property; "Other property offenses" excludes fraudulent property offenses and
includes destruction of property and trespassing; "Tax law violations" includes tax fraud;
"Obscene material" denotes the mail or transport thereof; and "All other offenses" includes
offenses with unclassifiable offense type. |
|
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Pretrial Services Act Information System,
fiscal year. |
