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What does your judge actually do at sentencing?

Before checkout, we check whether your federal judge is covered. If covered, we pull below-range patterns, plea-versus-trial gaps, similar cases, and race-breakdown data where available. Federal-court only. Your attorney decides what to do with the data.

The federal sentencing range is public. The judge-level pattern is harder to see. How often they sentence below it. What happens at plea versus trial. What happened in similar cases. This gives your attorney a record-backed pattern to test, not a recommendation. You're the only one in the room without the pattern. $297 to walk in with what they already have. Records show, your attorney decides. Legal information, not legal advice. Federal-court judges only.

What You Get

  • How this judge sentences your charge type — pattern analysis for the cases that look like yours
  • Where your case lands in the federal range, plus how often this judge goes below it
  • The trial penalty in your district — how much more time defendants get for going to trial vs. taking a plea
  • Below- and above-range sentencing factors reflected in this judge's federal record
  • What happened to defendants in similar cases in front of this judge
  • Whether this judge's record shifts by defendant race, when enough public data exists
  • 10 sentencing-specific questions to bring to your attorney

Sample insight from a real report:

"The difference between a sentence inside the federal range and one below it is usually measured in years, not months. Records show when clean record, family ties, role, or case context appear in below-range outcomes. Without the pattern, sentencing arguments lean on experience alone. Your attorney decides whether to use it. Legal information, not legal advice."
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Federal Sentencing Deep Dive

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Check coverage before paying. This report only works for federal-court judges.

This report provides legal INFORMATION, not legal ADVICE. Decisions about how to use this information stay with you.