| 10-20-Life Criminals Sentenced to Florida's Prisons: September 2007 |
Crimes and Sentencing of 10-20-Life Felons
Types of Crime Committed
| OFFENSE TYPE | MAXIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCE | TOTAL | ||||
| 3 YR | 10 YR | 20 YR | 25 YR-LIFE | LIFE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURDER / MANSLAUGHTER | 1 |
142 |
93 |
294 |
64 |
594 |
| SEXUAL / LEWD BEHAVIOR | 0 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
| ROBBERY | 2 |
1,170 |
75 |
35 |
8 |
1,290 |
| OTHER VIOLENT | 6 |
264 |
67 |
54 |
5 |
396 |
| BURGLARY | 1 |
268 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
285 |
| PROPERTY / THEFT | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| DRUGS | 0 |
26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
| WEAPONS | 1,251 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1,274 |
| OTHER | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL | 1,261 |
1,909 |
248 |
391 |
78 |
3,887 |
- Less than one-third (32.4%) of the 3,887 felons currently in the Department’s custody with a mandatory minimum sentence under the 10-20-Life legislation received the longest mandatory term for the crime of felon possessing a gun.
- Only 10 other inmates committed another kind of offense besides a weapons crime that accounts for a crime of felony possession of a gun.
- Robbery accounts for the longest 10-20-Life mandatory sentence for 49.1% of the 2,626 felons who used a gun in a crime.
- Other violent crime (aggravated assault, aggravated battery, carjacking, etc.) accounts for the longest mandatory sentence for 14.9% of felons who used a gun in a crime; murder or manslaughter for about 22.6%; and burglary for 10.8%.
- Sexual or lewd behavior and drug crimes account for very few (21) of the longest mandatory terms imposed under 10-20-Life .
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| 10-20-Life Criminals Sentenced to Florida's Prisons: September 2007 |