United States Sentencing Commission Quarterly Data Report

The United States Sentencing Commission regularly shares data about court sentences with Congress, the judiciary, and the public. Since 2005, they started reporting quarterly data to provide real-time insights into federal court sentences. The way they present data changed in 2018, categorizing sentences into two types: those following guidelines and variances. Methodological changes include assigning crime types differently and capping sentences at 470 months.