Part III Comparative Description

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

Category	FY2002 - 2003 Sentence Dates1		FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates2
	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months
Mitigated Total	12,371		11,479
	58.9%		57.7%
Mitigated Sanction	9,343		8,618
	44.5%		43.3%
Mitigated Length	3,028	24.8	2,861	25.0
	14.4%		14.4%
Not Mitigated	8,625		8,432
	41.1%		42.3%
Total	20,996		19,911
	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. Offenders scoring to state prison who receive a Drug Offender Probation sentence are not counted as mitigated.

Figure 2 Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category

**Total points exceeding 44.0

1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.

2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.

Figure 3 Deviation Rates Below Permitted Sentences Among All Offenders Sentenced

1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.

2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.

Table 12 Mitigated Sanction Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	FY2002 - 2003 Sentence Dates1			FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	759	210	27.7%	691	225	32.6%
02- Tallahassee	537	228	42.5%	627	262	41.8%
03- Lake City	175	83	47.4%	179	80	44.7%
04- Jacksonville	1,468	588	40.1%	1,143	375	32.8%
05- Tavares	727	297	40.9%	776	255	32.9%
06- Clearwater	1,920	675	35.2%	1,944	681	35.0%
07- Daytona	874	277	31.7%	936	245	26.2%
08- Gainesville	676	357	52.8%	628	346	55.1%
09- Orlando	1,195	433	36.2%	676	221	32.7%
10- Bartow	474	139	29.3%	598	156	26.1%
11- Miami	3,764	2,639	70.1%	3,590	2,709	75.5%
12- Sarasota	505	129	25.5%	466	111	23.8%
13- Tampa	2,061	1,034	50.2%	2,440	1,058	43.4%
14- Panama City	382	132	34.6%	382	116	30.4%
15- West Palm Beach	988	425	43.0%	799	288	36.0%
16- Key West	62	31	50.0%	84	31	36.9%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	2,332	916	39.3%	1,948	791	40.6%
18- Sanford	466	130	27.9%	481	96	20.0%
19- Ft. Pierce	495	125	25.3%	538	109	20.3%
20- Ft. Myers	1,136	495	43.6%	985	463	47.0%
Statewide	20,996	9,343	44.5%	19,911	8,618	43.3%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code. Those receiving Drug Offender Probation are not included.
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.

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

Judicial Circuit	FY2002 - 2003 Sentence Dates1			FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	759	272	35.8%	691	264	38.2%
02- Tallahassee	537	381	70.9%	627	435	69.4%
03- Lake City	175	117	66.9%	179	108	60.3%
04- Jacksonville	1,468	884	60.2%	1,143	630	55.1%
05- Tavares	727	360	49.5%	776	326	42.0%
06- Clearwater	1,920	893	46.5%	1,944	872	44.9%
07- Daytona	874	482	55.1%	936	483	51.6%
08- Gainesville	676	536	79.3%	628	504	80.3%
09- Orlando	1,195	577	48.3%	676	296	43.8%
10- Bartow	474	190	40.1%	598	250	41.8%
11- Miami	3,764	3,301	87.7%	3,590	3,244	90.4%
12- Sarasota	505	163	32.3%	466	146	31.3%
13- Tampa	2,061	1,335	64.8%	2,440	1,460	59.8%
14- Panama City	382	176	46.1%	382	160	41.9%
15- West Palm Beach	988	538	54.5%	799	376	47.1%
16- Key West	62	44	71.0%	84	46	54.8%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	2,332	1,127	48.3%	1,948	958	49.2%
18- Sanford	466	161	34.5%	481	122	25.4%
19- Ft. Pierce	495	170	34.3%	538	158	29.4%
20- Ft. Myers	1,136	664	58.5%	985	641	65.1%
Statewide	20,996	12,371	58.9%	19,911	11,479	57.7%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code. Those receiving Drug Offender Probation are not included. 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.
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.

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

Offense Type	FY2001 -2002 Sentence Dates1					FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates2
	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total
Murder/Manslaughter
First Degree Murder
Attempt	28	10	18	33	61	13	7	6	32	45
	45.9%	16.4%	29.5%	54.1%	100.0%	28.9%	15.6%	13.3%	71.1%	100.0%
Complete	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
2nd Degree Murder
Attempt	18	5	13	19	37	6	2	4	20	26
	48.6%	13.5%	35.1%	51.4%	100.0%	23.1%	7.7%	15.4%	76.9%	100.0%
Complete	18	0	18	34	52	13	1	12	32	45
	34.6%	0.0%	34.6%	65.4%	100.0%	28.9%	2.2%	26.7%	71.1%	100.0%
3rd Degree Murder
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Complete	3	1	2	2	5	4	0	4	2	6
	60.0%	20.0%	40.0%	40.0%	100.0%	3.0%	1.0%	2.0%	2.0%	5.0%
Homicide, Other
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Complete	4	4	0	2	6	1	0	1	1	2
	66.7%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Manslaughter
Attempt	2	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	1
	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Complete	34	12	22	25	59	26	8	18	25	51
	57.6%	20.3%	37.3%	42.4%	100.0%	51.0%	15.7%	35.3%	49.0%	100.0%
DUI Manslaughter
Complete	28	6	22	16	44	31	5	26	14	45
	63.6%	13.6%	50.0%	36.4%	100.0%	68.9%	11.1%	57.8%	31.1%	100.0%
Sexual/Lewd Behavior
Capital Sexual Battery
Attempt	19	8	11	25	44	9	5	4	11	20
	43.2%	18.2%	25.0%	56.8%	100.0%	45.0%	25.0%	20.0%	55.0%	100.0%
Life Sexual Battery
Attempt	4	3	1	3	7	3	0	3	3	6
	57.1%	42.9%	14.3%	42.9%	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	6	2	4	17	23	8	1	7	14	22
	26.1%	8.7%	17.4%	73.9%	100.0%	36.4%	4.5%	31.8%	63.6%	100.0%
1st Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	3	0	3	2	5	1	0	1	3	4
	60.0%	0.0%	60.0%	40.0%	100.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	100.0%
Complete	32	7	25	20	52	17	6	11	17	34
	61.5%	13.5%	48.1%	38.5%	100.0%	50.0%	17.6%	32.4%	50.0%	100.0%
2nd Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	13	9	4	4	17	10	7	3	7	17
	76.5%	52.9%	23.5%	23.5%	100.0%	58.8%	41.2%	17.6%	41.2%	100.0%
Complete	94	70	24	31	125	64	39	25	31	95
	75.2%	56.0%	19.2%	24.8%	100.0%	67.4%	41.1%	26.3%	32.6%	100.0%
Sexual Assault, Other
Complete	4	3	1	0	4	6	5	1	1	7
	100.0%	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%	100.0%	85.7%	71.4%	14.3%	14.3%	100.0%
Lewd/Lascivious Behavior
Attempt	13	9	4	9	22	4	4	0	4	8
	59.1%	40.9%	18.2%	40.9%	100.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	446	315	131	132	578	347	208	139	141	488
	77.2%	54.5%	22.7%	22.8%	100.0%	71.1%	42.6%	28.5%	28.9%	100.0%
Robbery
Robbery with Weapon
Attempt	69	49	20	49	118	32	17	15	31	63
	58.5%	41.5%	16.9%	41.5%	100.0%	50.8%	27.0%	23.8%	49.2%	100.0%
Complete	354	182	172	331	685	310	166	144	321	631
	51.7%	26.6%	25.1%	48.3%	100.0%	49.1%	26.3%	22.8%	50.9%	100.0%
Robbery without Weapon
Attempt	21	13	8	46	67	10	6	4	28	38
	31.3%	19.4%	11.9%	68.7%	100.0%	26.3%	15.8%	10.5%	73.7%	100.0%
Complete	257	173	84	339	596	197	139	58	334	531
	43.1%	29.0%	14.1%	56.9%	100.0%	37.1%	26.2%	10.9%	62.9%	100.0%
Home Invasion, Robbery
Attempt	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	3	6
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	50.0%	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	18	4	14	28	46	15	8	7	17	32
	39.1%	8.7%	30.4%	60.9%	100.0%	46.9%	25.0%	21.9%	53.1%	100.0%
Violent Personal Offenses
	3,114	2,598	516	1,438	4,552	2,777	2,244	533	1,414	4,191
	68.4%	57.1%	11.3%	31.6%	100.0%	66.3%	53.5%	12.7%	33.7%	100.0%
Burglary
	2,446	1,822	624	1,485	3,931	2,232	1,661	571	1,470	3,702
	62.2%	46.3%	15.9%	37.8%	100.0%	60.3%	44.9%	15.4%	39.7%	100.0%
Property Theft/Fraud/Damage
	1,022	756	266	909	1,931	997	742	255	891	1,888
	52.9%	39.2%	13.8%	47.1%	100.0%	52.8%	39.3%	13.5%	47.2%	100.0%
Drugs
Manufacture/Sale/Purchase
	1,421	999	422	1,528	2,949	1,445	1,030	415	1,433	2,878
	48.2%	33.9%	14.3%	51.8%	100.0%	50.2%	35.8%	14.4%	49.8%	100.0%
Drugs, Trafficking
	454	267	187	436	890	428	256	172	422	850
	51.0%	30.0%	21.0%	49.0%	100.0%	50.4%	30.1%	20.2%	49.6%	100.0%
Drugs, Possession/Other
	1,334	1,151	183	773	2,107	1,368	1,177	191	762	2,130
	63.3%	54.6%	8.7%	36.7%	100.0%	64.2%	55.3%	9.0%	35.8%	100.0%
Weapons
	235	168	67	268	503	206	169	37	242	448
	46.7%	33.4%	13.3%	53.3%	100.0%	46.0%	37.7%	8.3%	54.0%	100.0%
Other
	857	695	162	616	1,473	896	704	192	704	1,600
	58.2%	47.2%	11.0%	41.8%	100.0%	56.0%	44.0%	12.0%	44.0%	100.0%
Total	12,371	9,343	3,028	8,625	20,996	11,479	8,618	2,861	8,432	19,911
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the Criminal Punishment Code. Those receiving Drug Offender Probation are not included. 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.
** Total Points Exceeding 44.0.
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.