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In these series, each individual suspect or individual charged — as recorded by assistant U. This allows the same individual to be followed from the initial referral stage to its outcome. It is important to keep in mind that because most criminal referrals take months and even years to process, a new referral may not be acted upon until a following year, and prosecutions filed in one fiscal year may not be disposed of until a subsequent year.
Individual Case Details. In addition to statistics, the online tools allow users to generate a report covering the details recorded on a case received or disposed of by a U. Attorneys' office since see sample report. Following are definitions of some basic terms you will encounter when using TRAC's statistical series.
Referrals received versus referrals disposed of. Referrals received counts the number of incoming criminal referrals recorded as received by U. Attorneys in their files for a given time period.
Referrals disposed of counts the referrals completed "closed" in a given time period. Each recorded individual suspect or defendant involved is counted. Referrals declined or closed without prosecution. Counts the number of criminal suspects whose cases were referred to federal prosecutors on which the assistant U.
In each case the reason for closing the case without prosecution is also recorded by the federal prosecutor. Prosecutions filed. Counts the number of defendants on whom information or an indictment was recorded as filed in the U. While historically the role of a U. Magistrate Court was limited to non-felony cases, its authority has been expanding. Although actual roles differ across districts, U. S Magistrates now have the authority to handle guilty pleas and conduct trials in misdemeanor cases as well as accept guilty pleas in felony cases.
While criminal felony trials can only be conducted by U. District Court judges, as a practical matter most federal criminal cases are resolved through plea rather than trial. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile, a Black school cafeteria worker, in July , within two minutes of approaching his car during a traffic stop in the Twin Cities suburb of Falcon Heights. A state court jury acquitted him of second-degree manslaughter the next summer.
Local prosecutors got help in the case from the Minnesota U. Anthony Police Department. Castile testified at a community forum similar to ones the department held during its review of police practices in St.
You change things as you want to. A lack of diversity has long been an issue throughout the federal law enforcement and criminal justice systems. The path to a U. The White House then sends one to three candidates for each federal district to the Justice Department to be interviewed and vetted.
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