| 10-20-Life Criminals Sentenced to Florida's Prisons: September 2007 |
Demographics of 10-20-Life Felons
Gender/Race/Ethnicity
of All Qualifying Inmates
Of all 10-20-Life felons, two-thirds (67.6%) received the longest term for using a gun in a crime. About one-third (32.4%) were sentenced for the crime of felon possessing a gun.
Likewise, among the small number of female 10-20-Life felons (93), almost three-fourths (73.1%) received their longest term for using a gun in a crime and (26.9%) were sentenced for the crime of felon possessing a gun.
| MAXIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCE | ||||||
| 3 YR | 10 YR | 20 YR | 25 YR-LIFE | LIFE | TOTAL | |
| GENDER | ||||||
| MALES | 1,236 |
1,868 |
238 |
374 |
78 |
3,794 |
| FEMALES | 25 |
41 |
10 |
17 |
0 |
93 |
| TOTAL | 1,261 |
1,909 |
248 |
391 |
78 |
3,887 |
| RACE / ETHNICITY | ||||||
WHITE NOT HISPANIC |
463 |
592 |
70 |
140 |
19 |
1,284 |
BLACK NOT HISPANIC |
765 |
1,255 |
163 |
242 |
57 |
2,482 |
HISPANIC |
28 |
55 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
103 |
OTHER NOT HISPANIC |
5 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
TOTAL |
1,261 |
1,909 |
248 |
391 |
78 |
3,887 |
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- Using a gun in a crime accounted for the longest 10-20-Life mandatory sentence for 63.9% of white not Hispanics, for 69.2% of black not Hispanics, and for 72.8% of Hispanics.
- Among 10-20-Life felons who used a gun in a crime, those whose longest mandatory term was 10 years comprised 72.1% of white not Hispanics, 73.1% of black not Hispanics, and 73.3% of all Hispanics.
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| 10-20-Life Criminals Sentenced to Florida's Prisons: September 2007 |
