Part III Comparative Description

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

Category	FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates1		FY2004 - 2005 Sentence Dates2
	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months
Mitigated Total	11,524		11,306
	57.7%		59.8%
Mitigated Sanction	8,648		8,573
	43.3%		45.4%
Mitigated Length	2,876	25.0	2,733	22.7
	14.4%		14.5%
Not Mitigated	8,458		7,598
	42.3%		40.2%
Total	19,982		18,904
	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, 2002.

2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.

Figure 3 Deviation Rates Below Permitted Sentences Among All Offenders Sentenced

1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.

2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.

Table 12 Mitigated Sanction Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates1			FY2004 - 2005 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	695	227	32.7%	618	233	37.7%
02- Tallahassee	627	262	41.8%	697	301	43.2%
03- Lake City	179	80	44.7%	244	121	49.6%
04- Jacksonville	1,146	375	32.7%	1,113	316	28.4%
05- Tavares	777	255	32.8%	786	262	33.3%
06- Clearwater	1,953	685	35.1%	1,925	692	35.9%
07- Daytona	937	246	26.3%	782	248	31.7%
08- Gainesville	630	348	55.2%	437	174	39.8%
09- Orlando	677	222	32.8%	228	77	33.8%
10- Bartow	600	158	26.3%	624	133	21.3%
11- Miami	3,607	2,719	75.4%	3,832	2,974	77.6%
12- Sarasota	470	113	24.0%	408	93	22.8%
13- Tampa	2,449	1,060	43.3%	2,427	1,187	48.9%
14- Panama City	382	116	30.4%	396	157	39.6%
15- West Palm Beach	801	290	36.2%	745	261	35.0%
16- Key West	84	31	36.9%	90	38	42.2%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,957	791	40.4%	1,794	700	39.0%
18- Sanford	482	97	20.1%	461	104	22.6%
19- Ft. Pierce	544	110	20.2%	497	120	24.1%
20- Ft. Myers	985	463	47.0%	800	382	47.8%
Statewide	19,982	8,648	43.3%	18,904	8,573	45.4%
* 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, 2002.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.

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

Judicial Circuit	FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates1			FY2004 - 2005 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	695	266	38.3%	618	268	43.4%
02- Tallahassee	627	435	69.4%	697	483	69.3%
03- Lake City	179	108	60.3%	244	165	67.6%
04- Jacksonville	1,146	631	55.1%	1,113	558	50.1%
05- Tavares	777	326	42.0%	786	353	44.9%
06- Clearwater	1,953	878	45.0%	1,925	896	46.5%
07- Daytona	937	484	51.7%	782	422	54.0%
08- Gainesville	630	505	80.2%	437	316	72.3%
09- Orlando	677	297	43.9%	228	105	46.1%
10- Bartow	600	252	42.0%	624	231	37.0%
11- Miami	3,607	3,258	90.3%	3,832	3,496	91.2%
12- Sarasota	470	148	31.5%	408	136	33.3%
13- Tampa	2,449	1,467	59.9%	2,427	1,620	66.7%
14- Panama City	382	160	41.9%	396	207	52.3%
15- West Palm Beach	801	378	47.2%	745	344	46.2%
16- Key West	84	46	54.8%	90	47	52.2%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,957	960	49.1%	1,794	855	47.7%
18- Sanford	482	123	25.5%	461	140	30.4%
19- Ft. Pierce	544	161	29.6%	497	167	33.6%
20- Ft. Myers	985	641	65.1%	800	497	62.1%
Statewide	19,982	11,524	57.7%	18,904	11,306	59.8%
* 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, 2002.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.

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	13	7	6	33	46	11	2	9	28	39
	28.3%	15.2%	13.0%	71.7%	100.0%	28.2%	5.1%	23.1%	71.8%	100.0%
Complete	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
						0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
2nd Degree Murder
Attempt	6	2	4	20	26	6	5	1	15	21
	23.1%	7.7%	15.4%	76.9%	100.0%	28.6%	23.8%	4.8%	71.4%	100.0%
Complete	14	1	13	32	46	11	0	11	36	47
	30.4%	2.2%	28.3%	69.6%	100.0%	23.4%	0.0%	23.4%	76.6%	100.0%
3rd Degree Murder
Attempt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Complete	4	0	4	2	6	0	0	0	1	1
	66.7%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Homicide, Other
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Complete	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	3
	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	100.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%	100.0%
Manslaughter
Attempt	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	4
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%	75.0%	100.0%
Complete	26	8	18	25	51	29	15	14	17	46
	51.0%	15.7%	35.3%	49.0%	100.0%	63.0%	32.6%	30.4%	37.0%	100.0%
DUI Manslaughter
Complete	32	5	27	14	46	29	7	22	9	38
	69.6%	10.9%	58.7%	30.4%	100.0%	76.3%	18.4%	57.9%	23.7%	100.0%
Sexual/Lewd Behavior
Capital Sexual Battery
Attempt	9	5	4	11	20	9	2	7	12	21
	45.0%	25.0%	20.0%	55.0%	100.0%	42.9%	9.5%	33.3%	57.1%	100.0%
Life Sexual Battery
Attempt	3	0	3	3	6	4	1	3	4	8
	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	50.0%	12.5%	37.5%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	8	1	7	14	22	9	5	4	15	24
	36.4%	4.5%	31.8%	63.6%	100.0%	37.5%	20.8%	16.7%	62.5%	100.0%
1st Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	100.0%
Complete	17	6	11	17	34	18	7	11	14	32
	50.0%	17.6%	32.4%	50.0%	100.0%	56.3%	21.9%	34.4%	43.8%	100.0%
2nd Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	10	7	3	7	17	6	4	2	8	14
	58.8%	41.2%	17.6%	41.2%	100.0%	42.9%	28.6%	14.3%	57.1%	100.0%
Complete	65	41	24	31	96	50	31	19	30	80
	67.7%	42.7%	25.0%	32.3%	100.0%	62.5%	38.8%	23.8%	37.5%	100.0%
Sexual Assault, Other
Complete	6	5	1	1	7	1	1	0	0	1
	85.7%	71.4%	14.3%	14.3%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Lewd/Lascivious Behavior
Attempt	4	4	0	5	9	7	5	2	13	20
	44.4%	44.4%	0.0%	55.6%	100.0%	35.0%	25.0%	10.0%	65.0%	100.0%
Complete	348	209	139	142	490	308	188	120	105	413
	71.0%	42.7%	28.4%	29.0%	100.0%	74.6%	45.5%	29.1%	25.4%	100.0%
Robbery
Robbery with Weapon
Attempt	33	18	15	32	65	40	29	11	29	69
	50.8%	27.7%	23.1%	49.2%	100.0%	58.0%	42.0%	15.9%	42.0%	100.0%
Complete	314	168	146	321	635	224	115	109	246	470
	49.4%	26.5%	23.0%	50.6%	100.0%	47.7%	24.5%	23.2%	52.3%	100.0%
Robbery without Weapon
Attempt	10	6	4	28	38	20	14	6	32	52
	26.3%	15.8%	10.5%	73.7%	100.0%	38.5%	26.9%	11.5%	61.5%	100.0%
Complete	198	140	58	336	534	174	130	44	294	468
	37.1%	26.2%	10.9%	62.9%	100.0%	37.2%	27.8%	9.4%	62.8%	100.0%
Home Invasion, Robbery
Attempt	3	1	2	3	6	2	2	0	0	2
	50.0%	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Complete	15	8	7	17	32	21	10	11	26	47
	46.9%	25.0%	21.9%	53.1%	100.0%	44.7%	21.3%	23.4%	55.3%	100.0%
Violent Personal Offenses
	2,783	2,248	535	1,417	4,200	2,710	2,235	475	1,199	3,909
	66.3%	53.5%	12.7%	33.7%	100.0%	69.3%	57.2%	12.2%	30.7%	100.0%
Burglary
	2,242	1,667	575	1,473	3,715	2,059	1,535	524	1,325	3,384
	60.3%	44.9%	15.5%	39.7%	100.0%	60.8%	45.4%	15.5%	39.2%	100.0%
Property Theft/Fraud/Damage
	1,002	746	256	894	1,896	886	645	241	785	1,671
	52.8%	39.3%	13.5%	47.2%	100.0%	53.0%	38.6%	14.4%	47.0%	100.0%
Drugs
Manufacture/Sale/Purchase
	1,453	1,036	417	1,437	2,890	1,606	1,176	430	1,349	2,955
	50.3%	35.8%	14.4%	49.7%	100.0%	54.3%	39.8%	14.6%	45.7%	100.0%
Drugs, Trafficking
	430	257	173	425	855	377	214	163	369	746
	50.3%	30.1%	20.2%	49.7%	100.0%	50.5%	28.7%	21.8%	49.5%	100.0%
Drugs, Possession/Other
	1,369	1,178	191	762	2,131	1,456	1,248	208	655	2,111
	64.2%	55.3%	9.0%	35.8%	100.0%	69.0%	59.1%	9.9%	31.0%	100.0%
Weapons
	206	169	37	243	449	199	157	42	242	441
	45.9%	37.6%	8.2%	54.1%	100.0%	45.1%	35.6%	9.5%	54.9%	100.0%
Other
	899	705	194	707	1,606	1,030	787	243	736	1,766
	56.0%	43.9%	12.1%	44.0%	100.0%	58.3%	44.6%	13.8%	41.7%	100.0%
Total	11,524	8,648	2,876	8,458	19,982	11,306	8,573	2,733	7,598	18,904
* 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, 2002.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.