Research & Data
ImNotAnAttorney publishes original legal-data research drawn from federal court records — per-judge sentencing patterns, district court intelligence, and aggregate defendant outcomes. Open data for defendants, journalists, and researchers. Legal information, not advice.
Judge Sentencing Profiles
Per-judge federal sentencing patterns — how often a judge sentences within, below, or above the guideline range, departure rates, and caseload — for thousands of federal judges.
Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission datafiles + CourtListener dockets
Federal District Court Intelligence
Per-district aggregates across all 94 federal districts: judge docket counts, criminal docket fractions, circuit motion grant rates, and sentencing departure rates.
Source: CourtListener records, FJC IDB, USSC datafiles
Federal Sentencing Distribution
District-level federal sentencing distributions — percentile ranges, departure rates, and national comparison — by charge type and district.
Source: USSC FY14-23 sentencing datafiles
Defense Milestone Score Data
Aggregate, anonymous self-assessment data from criminal defendants: attorney communication gaps, discovery access, and motion-filing status by charge type.
Source: Anonymous Defense Score quiz responses
Criminal Defense Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the legal terms behind the data — Brady material, chain of custody, suppression motions, sentencing guidelines — for defendants, not lawyers.
Source: Editorial, sourced to defining guides
Important: These pages provide aggregate legal information and data for criminal defendants. They are not legal advice. Decisions about your specific case stay with you and your attorney.