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Federal Bench — Southern District of Indiana

William Lawrence

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for William Lawrence compiled from verified federal court records. Statistical frequencies only — never a prediction about a specific case or defendant.

Source: USSC FY14-23 × CourtListener federal dockets — generated May 6, 2026

Name-match note: Records were linked across USSC and CourtListener with a name-similarity score of 0.71. Below 0.80 the link is weaker — verify the cl_person_id matches the judge before relying on this profile.

Sentencing & Caseload Snapshot

USSC Sentences

437

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

46.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

6,281

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

20.9%

of indexed dockets

Aggregate frequencies from public USSC sentencing datafiles and CourtListener docket records. Not a prediction about any specific case.

Sentencing Distribution

Distribution metrics from 437 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence46.0 mo
Mean sentence97.7 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)20.0 mo 108.0 mo
Downward departure rate49.0%
Upward departure rate2.0%
Substantial-assistance rate
Government-sponsored below-range rate

Source: USSC FY14-23 individual offender datafiles.

Offense Mix

Top offense categories among indexed sentences. A judge's offense mix reflects the docket they were assigned, not their personal selection.

  • drug trafficking126 (28.8%)
  • extortion racketeering69 (15.8%)
  • gambling52 (11.9%)
  • sexual abuse29 (6.6%)
  • prison24 (5.5%)
  • money laundering9 (2.1%)
  • fraud8 (1.8%)
  • immigration8 (1.8%)

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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.