Part III Comparative Description

Table 11 Mitigation Rates* Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category

Category	Sentence Dates FY 1999 - 2000*		Sentence Dates FY 2000 - 2001*
	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months
Mitigated Total	11,768		11,895
	55.5%		58.2%
Mitigated Sanction	9,006		9,323
	42.5%		45.6%
Mitigated Length	2,762	24.7	2,572	26.3
	13.0%		12.6%
Not Mitigated	9,431		8,529
	44.5%		41.8%
Total	21,199		20,424
	100.0%		100.0%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code. Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the 25% permissible discretion existing within the Criminal Punishment Code. This total rate includes both mitigated sanction and mitigated length sentences.

Figure 2 Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category

**Total points exceeding 44.0

Figure 3 Deviation Rates Below Permitted Sentences Among All Offenders Sentenced

Table 12 Mitigated Sanction Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	Sentence Dates FY 1999 - 2000			Sentence Dates FY 2000 - 2001
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	740	212	28.6%	581	247	42.5%
02- Tallahassee	447	213	47.7%	346	160	46.2%
03- Lake City	156	89	57.1%	124	69	55.6%
04- Jacksonville	1,206	488	40.5%	1,234	514	41.7%
05- Tavares	615	159	25.9%	490	144	29.4%
06- Clearwater	1,948	738	37.9%	1,862	684	36.7%
07- Daytona	777	202	26.0%	778	241	31.0%
08- Gainesville	605	295	48.8%	549	336	61.2%
09- Orlando	1,232	355	28.8%	1,271	399	31.4%
10- Bartow	694	166	23.9%	680	144	21.2%
11- Miami	3,650	2,569	70.4%	4,047	2,896	71.6%
12- Sarasota	562	126	22.4%	533	140	26.3%
13- Tampa	2,166	1,039	48.0%	2,031	1,067	52.5%
14- Panama City	651	222	34.1%	546	171	31.3%
15- West  Palm Beach	1,210	463	38.3%	1,202	486	40.4%
16- Key West	146	47	32.2%	170	87	51.2%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	2,621	995	38.0%	2,267	894	39.4%
18- Sandford	368	93	25.3%	321	99	30.8%
19- Ft. Pierce	555	168	30.3%	556	139	25.0%
20- Ft. Myers	850	367	43.2%	836	406	48.6%
Statewide	21,199	9,006	42.5%	20,424	9,323	45.6%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code.

Table 13 Mitigated Sanction Rates and Sentence Length Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	Sentence Dates FY 1999 - 2000			Sentence Dates FY 2000 - 2001
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	740	266	35.9%	581	292	50.3%
02- Tallahassee	447	331	74.0%	346	237	68.5%
03- Lake City	156	115	73.7%	124	88	71.0%
04- Jacksonville	1,206	689	57.1%	1,234	689	55.8%
05- Tavares	615	210	34.1%	490	168	34.3%
06- Clearwater	1,948	948	48.7%	1,862	906	48.7%
07- Daytona	777	342	44.0%	778	397	51.0%
08- Gainesville	605	397	65.6%	549	407	74.1%
09- Orlando	1,232	435	35.3%	1,271	513	40.4%
10- Bartow	694	240	34.6%	680	204	30.0%
11- Miami	3,650	3,263	89.4%	4,047	3,527	87.2%
12- Sarasota	562	170	30.2%	533	171	32.1%
13- Tampa	2,166	1,311	60.5%	2,031	1,332	65.6%
14- Panama City	651	281	43.2%	546	220	40.3%
15- West Palm Beach	1,210	606	50.1%	1,202	693	57.7%
16- Key West	146	63	43.2%	170	104	61.2%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	2,621	1,261	48.1%	2,267	1,100	48.5%
18- Sandford	368	125	34.0%	321	119	37.1%
19- Ft. Pierce	555	228	41.1%	556	202	36.3%
20- Ft. Myers	850	487	57.3%	836	526	62.9%
Statewide	21,199	11,768	55.5%	20,424	11,895	58.2%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code. Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the 25% permissible discretion existing within the Criminal Punishment Code. This total rate includes both mitigated sanction and mitigated length sentences.

Table 14 Mitigation Rates* Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category**

Offense Type	Sentence Dates FY 1999 -2000					Sentence Dates FY 2000 - 2001
	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total
Murder/Manslaughter
First Degree Murder
Attempt	16	4	12	45	61	16	4	12	32	48
	26.2%	6.6%	19.7%	73.8%	100.0%	33.3%	8.3%	25.0%	66.7%	100.0%
2nd Degree Murder
Attempt	17	4	13	26	43	14	8	6	31	45
	39.5%	9.3%	30.2%	60.5%	100.0%	31.1%	17.8%	13.3%	68.9%	100.0%
Complete	14	3	11	46	60	0	0	12	32	44
	23.3%	5.0%	18.3%	76.7%	100.0%	27.3%	0.0%	27.3%	72.7%	100.0%
3rd Degree Murder
Complete	3	1	2	5	8	1	0	1	2	3
	37.5%	12.5%	25.0%	62.5%	100.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	100.0%
Homicide, Other
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Complete	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	3	3
	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Manslaughter
Attempt	0	0	0	5	5	2	1	1	3	5
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	40.0%	20.0%	20.0%	60.0%	100.0%
Complete	29	14	15	35	64	35	17	18	23	58
	45.3%	21.9%	23.4%	54.7%	100.0%	60.3%	29.3%	31.0%	39.7%	100.0%
DUI Manslaughter
Complete	25	10	15	19	44	36	14	22	14	50
	56.8%	22.7%	34.1%	43.2%	100.0%	72.0%	28.0%	44.0%	28.0%	100.0%
Sexual/Lewd Behavior
Capital Sexual Battery
Attempt	26	7	19	32	58	23	13	10	38	61
	44.8%	12.1%	32.8%	55.2%	100.0%	37.7%	21.3%	16.4%	62.3%	100.0%
Life Sexual Battery
Attempt	4	2	2	1	5	5	4	1	5	10
	80.0%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	100.0%	50.0%	40.0%	10.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	12	4	8	12	24	7	3	4	11	18
	50.0%	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%	100.0%	38.9%	16.7%	22.2%	61.1%	100.0%
1st Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	0	1	3
	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	50.0%	100.0%	66.7%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%
Complete	20	11	9	31	51	21	13	8	19	40
	39.2%	21.6%	17.6%	60.8%	100.0%	52.5%	32.5%	20.0%	47.5%	100.0%
2nd Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	18	14	4	8	26	13	8	5	4	17
	69.2%	53.8%	15.4%	30.8%	100.0%	76.5%	47.1%	29.4%	23.5%	100.0%
Complete	87	58	29	32	119	87	66	21	27	114
	73.1%	48.7%	24.4%	26.9%	100.0%	76.3%	57.9%	18.4%	23.7%	100.0%
Sexual Assault, Other
Complete	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Lewd/Lascivious Behavior
Attempt	10	9	1	11	21	11	8	3	6	17
	47.6%	42.9%	4.8%	52.4%	100.0%	64.7%	47.1%	17.6%	35.3%	100.0%
Complete	666	538	128	190	856	560	434	126	153	713
	77.8%	62.9%	15.0%	22.2%	100.0%	78.5%	60.9%	17.7%	21.5%	100.0%
Robbery
Robbery with Weapon
Attempt	42	22	20	53	95	39	27	12	44	83
	44.2%	23.2%	21.1%	55.8%	100.0%	47.0%	32.5%	14.5%	53.0%	100.0%
Complete	301	126	175	407	708	279	121	158	327	606
	42.5%	17.8%	24.7%	57.5%	100.0%	46.0%	20.0%	26.1%	54.0%	100.0%
Robbery without Weapon
Attempt	10	7	3	31	41	20	13	7	33	53
	24.4%	17.1%	7.3%	75.6%	100.0%	37.7%	24.5%	13.2%	62.3%	100.0%
Complete	190	130	60	331	521	224	158	66	357	581
	36.5%	25.0%	11.5%	63.5%	100.0%	38.6%	27.2%	11.4%	61.4%	100.0%
Home Invasion, Robbery
Attempt	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Complete	6	3	3	27	33	33	13	20	23	56
	18.2%	9.1%	9.1%	81.8%	100.0%	58.9%	23.2%	35.7%	41.1%	100.0%
Violent Personal Offenses
	3,357	2,823	534	1,479	4,836	3,212	2,707	505	1,416	4,628
	69.4%	58.4%	11.0%	30.6%	100.0%	69.4%	58.5%	10.9%	30.6%	100.0%
Burglary
	2,239	1,616	623	1,593	3,832	2,086	1,569	517	1,515	3,601
	58.4%	42.2%	16.3%	41.6%	100.0%	57.9%	43.6%	14.4%	42.1%	100.0%
Property Theft/Fraud/Damage
	876	678	198	1,016	1,892	971	775	196	964	1,935
	46.3%	35.8%	10.5%	53.7%	100.0%	50.2%	40.1%	10.1%	49.8%	100.0%
Drugs
Manufacture/Sale/Purchase
	1,404	1,058	346	1,862	3,266	1,562	1,194	368	1,570	3,132
	43.0%	32.4%	10.6%	57.0%	100.0%	49.9%	38.1%	11.7%	50.1%	100.0%
Drugs, Trafficking
	308	188	120	312	620	289	174	115	265	554
	49.7%	30.3%	19.4%	50.3%	100.0%	52.2%	31.4%	20.8%	47.8%	100.0%
Drugs, Possession/Other
	1,119	946	173	756	1,875	1,331	1,172	159	656	1,987
	59.7%	50.5%	9.2%	40.3%	100.0%	67.0%	59.0%	8.0%	33.0%	100.0%
Weapons
	281	224	57	335	616	213	175	38	262	475
	45.6%	36.4%	9.3%	54.4%	100.0%	44.8%	36.8%	8.0%	55.2%	100.0%
Other
	682	502	180	727	1,409	791	630	161	690	1,481
	48.4%	35.6%	12.8%	51.6%	100.0%	53.4%	42.5%	10.9%	46.6%	100.0%
Total	11,768	9,006	2,762	9,431	21,199	11,895	9,323	2,572	8,529	20,424
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code.
Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the 25% permissible discretion existing within the Criminal Punishment Code.
This total rate includes both mitigated sanction and mitigated length sentences.