Lots of notable new items on the US Sentencing Commission’s website including geographic FY 2023 sentencing data

Though we are still a week away from hearing from the US Sentencing Commission about possible new amendments to the US Sentencing Guidelines, I noted that the Commission has updated its website with a bunch of new items that seemed worth flagging.  These are drawn from the new items scroll from the USSC website homepage:

TRAINING SESSIONS ARCHIVE (April 8, 2024)

You can now explore an archive of the Commission’s recorded training sessions. Use the filters within the archive to find the training session that meets your specific needs. Learn More

PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS PODCAST MINISERIES (April 9, 2024)

In this podcast miniseries, Commission staff chat with the federal judges who lead the problem-solving court programs available around the country. Parts One through Seven are out now!  Listen Here

FY23 GEOGRAPHIC SENTENCING DATA (April 8, 2024)

These data reports compare fiscal year 2023 sentencing statistics for each federal circuit, district, and state to the nation as a whole. Learn More

BASICS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY (April 8, 2024)

This updated eLearning module uses real-world scenarios to illustrate the basics of the criminal history rules as amended in 2023. Learn More

I find all the USSC’s materials and content interesting, but my data nerdiness really gets hit by the data reports page with fiscal year 2023 sentencing statistics for each federal circuit, district, and state.  That page includes a US map that allows you to see that the border district of Maine had only 116 federal sentencings in FY 2023, whereas the border district of the Western District of Texas had 7,539 federal sentencings in FY 2023.  And that the District Utah had more federal sentencings in FY 2023 sentencings (761) than did New Jersey (723), even though New Jersey has nearly three times the overall population as Utah.