Felony Sentences in the United States, 1994
Date Published
July 1997
State Courts Convicted Almost 900,000 Felons During 1992
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1995 202-307-0784
STATE COURTS CONVICTED ALMOST 900,000 FELONS DURING 1992
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- State courts throughout the U.S. convicted
almost 900,000 felons during 1992, the Department of Justice announced
today. One-third of the convictions were for drug offenses.
The volume of felony...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1995 202/307-0784
23 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS OFFENSES
ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost a quarter of those
arrested for weapons offenses are minors, the
Department of Justice said today. In a study of
people arrested for weapons offenses during 1993,
23 percent were...