Demographics of 10-20-Life Felons

Criminal History
Prior Florida Prison Terms

• Over one-third of felons (36.3%) who received any mandatory minimum sentence under 10-20-Life had at least one prior prison term in Florida for a previous felony conviction.
  
  
• Most felons (60.3%) who received a 3-year mandatory minimum sentence for felon possessing a gun had at least one prior prison term in Florida for a previous felony conviction. All of these have been previously convicted of a felony in Florida or elsewhere.
  
  
• Of felons whose longest mandatory minimum term was 10 years, 453 (23.7%) had at least one prior prison term in Florida for a previous felony conviction.
  
  
• Of felons whose longest mandatory minimum term was 20 years or longer, 196 (27.3%) had at least one prior prison term in Florida for previous felonies.
  
  
• Of all 10-20-Life felons, 635 (16.3%) had two or more prior prison terms with the Florida Department of Corrections.