Overview of Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Research note on how the Sentencing Commission's guidelines combine offense levels and criminal history, with verbatim excerpts from 28 U.S.C. § 991 and the Guidelines Manual.
Read the guide ›The Role of U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1
Research note on the theft-and-fraud guideline: base offense levels, the loss table, and departures under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
Read the guide ›How Federal Sentencing Works
Step-by-step research guide to the federal sentencing process, from the presentence report through the § 3553(a) factors and the safety valve.
Read the guide ›The Loss Table in U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1
Plain-language explanation of the loss table in the fraud guideline and how loss drives the offense level calculation.
Read the guide ›Sentences Reported in Recent Appellate Opinions
A roundup of sentences exactly as stated in recent federal opinions retrieved through the CourtListener API; no figures beyond the opinions themselves.
Read the guide ›New research notes are added to this archive as courts publish additional decisions.
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