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Logan Paul and Stephen ‘Coffeezilla’ Findeisen ended their federal defamation case without a verdict. The public filings do not disclose the settlement terms, but the later X post and two videos tied to Paul's pleaded libel counts are unavailable at their known URLs.
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The Sentencing Commission counted 324 tax-fraud cases; 68% resulted in prison and the average sentence was 17 months.
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The Sentencing Commission counted 50,688 prison sentences followed by supervision, down five percentage points from fiscal 2021.
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Nearly two-thirds involved non-secure community custody, while 2% involved force or a threat of force, Sentencing Commission data show.
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Sentencing Commission data show 561 federal cases in fiscal 2025 involved the mandatory consecutive identity-theft statute, with an average sentence of 54 months.
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The Sentencing Commission says 89% of the cases involved a prior felony conviction and the average sentence was 63 months.
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The department also set out four factors prosecutors should generally weigh when regulatory violations can carry criminal penalties.
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The latest First Step Act statistical report also counted 8,202 veterans and 21,948 non-U.S. citizens in federal facilities.
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BJS estimates show 3,780 violent offenses and a statistically unchanged overall clearance rate, while homicide and robbery clearance percentages fell.
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Preliminary Sentencing Commission data counted 19,136 within-range cases among 32,390 cases eligible for the comparison.
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Sentencing Commission data puts the median loss at $152,596 and the average prison term at 28 months.
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The Sentencing Commission counted 13,926 cases carrying a statutory floor; one-third of convicted defendants received relief from that penalty.
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The Sentencing Commission counted 1,233 robbery cases; sentences averaged 160 months with a Section 924(c) conviction and 72 months without one.
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The category rose 132% from fiscal 2021, but the Sentencing Commission says a 2025 border designation brought some illegal-entry convictions into the count.
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BJS and FBI estimates show lower violent- and property-offense rates than in 2023, while the report remains limited to incidents reported to law enforcement.
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The 2023 census found nearly half worked in Homeland Security and seven in ten had criminal investigation as their primary function.
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A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report finds separations exceeded hires in 2020 and voluntary resignations accounted for nearly half of departures.
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The Sentencing Commission’s preliminary report counted 32,586 cases, with the Fifth Circuit alone accounting for about one-third of the total.
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The Judiciary’s fiscal 2025 report also records more appeals and civil cases, while the post-conviction supervision population declined.
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U.S. Sentencing Commission data show environmental offenses at 37% of cases, while the median fine reached $500,000 and effective compliance programs were rare.
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Sentencing Commission data show most people in federal custody were sentenced within the past decade, with an average imposed term of 153 months.
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The Sentencing Commission says 72% of people with zero criminal-history points received the two-level adjustment in fiscal 2025, with immigration cases dominating.
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BJS reports a 0.4% decline during 2024 among comparable agencies and a 24% drop in the community-supervision population over a decade.
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Federal auditors found a gap between card cancellation and frontline verification, alongside 888 deficiencies and 83 violations recorded over six fiscal years.
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BJS counted officers across 88 agencies; Homeland Security employed nearly half, while women made up 15% of the workforce.
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Personal cases reached 565,890 and business filings 25,960 in the 12 months ending March, extending a quarterly rise that began after a 2022 low.
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Federal approvals dropped 32% and state approvals 14%, while six states accounted for 81% of state applications reported to the judiciary.
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GAO says video and telephone proceedings reduced time and cost for selected court participants, though judge preferences and interpretation technology remained uneven.
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The civil agreement resolves False Claims Act allegations over $3.32 million in fully forgiven loans, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan.
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ATF permitted up to two years, DEA expected training within one year and the FBI allowed six months after deputized state and local officers began operations. All four reviewed agencies also lacked uniform rules for handling misconduct allegations.