2013 MONITORING DATA: SENTENCING PRACTICES DATA SUMMARY Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission September 18, 2014

Number and Volume of Offenders Sentenced by Offense Type: /18/2014 MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 2

Percent Change by Offense Type: (Felony DWI and Non-Person Sex Offenses Separated From “Other”) 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 3 No ChangeNegative Percent Change 19 Positive Percent Change 4.6%

Distribution of Felony Offenders by Race: /18/2014 MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 4

Distribution of Felony Offenders by Race: Comparison to Distribution of MN Population 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 5

Distribution of Felony Offenders by Race and Judicial District: Comparison to Distribution of MN Population* 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 6 *Represents 2010 U.S. census data: distribution of Minnesota population 18 yrs. and older by race and MN judicial district. DISTRICT Total

Overall Incarceration Rates:1978, /18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 7

Total Incarceration Rates by Gender and Race Total Cases Total Incarceration Prison Conditional Confinement Gender Male12,797 11, %3, %8, % Female2,521 2, % %1, % Race/ Ethnicity White8,8848, %2, %6, % Black4,0503, %1, %2, % American Indian 1,1771, % % % Hispanic % % % Asian % % % Other/ Unknown %00.0%1100.0% Overall15,31814, % 4, %9, % 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 8

Total Incarceration Rates by Judicial District Judicial District Total Cases Total Incarceration Prison Conditional Confinement First 1,8061, % %1, % Second 1,9251, % %1, % Third 1,3331, % % % Fourth 2,9832, % %1, % Fifth % % % Sixth % % % Seventh 1,5431, % %1, % Eighth % % % Ninth 1,4071, % % % Tenth 2,2102, % %1, % Overall 15,31814, % 4, %9, % 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 9

Avg. Pronounced Prison Sentence (in months) 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 10

Overall Departure Rates (Combined Dispositional and Durational) 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 11

Dispositional Departure Rates Dispositional Departure Rates: All Cases Dispositional Departure Rates: Presumptive Commitments Only 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 12 Presumptive Commit – No Dispositional Departure

Dispositional Departure Rates for Presumptive Commitment Cases by Race and Gender: Criminal History Score 0 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 13 Race/EthnicityGender

Dispositional Departure Rates for Presumptive Commitment Cases by Judicial District: Criminal History Score 0 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 14

High Mitigated Dispositional Departure Rates for Selected Offenses* 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 15 *Offenses that have 50 or more presumptive commitment cases and a mitigated dispositional departure rate over 40%. ** Burglary with assault or dangerous weapon.

Dispositional Departure Rates by Cell on Standard Grid (Presumptive Commitments Only: Sentenced ) 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 16 Departure Rate Color Scale High Mitigated Dispositional Departure Rate Average Departure Rate of 32% Low Mitigated Dispositional Departure Rate

Durational Departure Rates: Executed Prison Sentences Only 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 17 No Durational Departure

Mitigated Durational Departure Rates for Executed Prison Sentences by Race and Gender 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 18 Race/EthnicityGender

Mitigated Durational Departure Rates for Executed Prison Sentences by Judicial District 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 19

High Durational Departure Rates for Selected Offenses* (Executed Prison Sentences Only) 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 20 *Offenses with at least 45 executed prison cases with the highest durational departure rates.

High Departure Rates For Selected Offenses* 9/18/2014MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission 21 *Offenses with 50 or more cases that have a combined higher than average mitigated departure rate. ** Burglary with assault or dangerous weapon.

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