Part III: Comparative Description

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

Category	FY2006 - 2007 Sentence Dates1		FY2007 - 2008 Sentence Dates2
	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months
Mitigated Total	12,968		12,442
	59.2%		56.3%
Mitigated Sanction	9,333		8,490
	42.6%		38.4%
Mitigated Length	3,635	22.9	3,952	23.7
	16.6%		17.9%
Not Mitigated	8,934		9,663
	40.8%		43.7%
Total	21,902		22,105
	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

Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category
**Total points exceeding 44.0 1Offense dates on or after October 1, 2005. 2Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.

Figure 3 Deviation Rates Below Permitted Sentences Among All Offenders Sentenced

1Offense dates on or after October 1, 2005. 2Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.

Table 12 Mitigated Sanction Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	FY2006 - 2007 Sentence Dates1			FY2007 - 2008 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	765	335	43.8%	682	330	48.4%
02- Tallahassee	664	473	71.2%	380	253	66.6%
03- Lake City	338	244	72.2%	383	240	62.7%
04- Jacksonville	1,086	543	50.0%	1,111	550	49.5%
05- Tavares	1,307	553	42.3%	1,160	433	37.3%
06- Clearwater	2,156	956	44.3%	2,364	1,127	47.7%
07- Daytona	956	502	52.5%	913	465	50.9%
08- Gainesville	418	309	73.9%	346	263	76.0%
09- Orlando	937	482	51.4%	1,630	812	49.8%
10- Bartow	883	353	40.0%	1,058	483	45.7%
11- Miami	4,436	4,021	90.6%	3,346	3,010	90.0%
12- Sarasota	559	162	29.0%	667	196	29.4%
13- Tampa	2,250	1,547	68.8%	2,539	1,737	68.4%
14- Panama City	545	273	50.1%	497	202	40.6%
15- West Palm Beach	938	522	55.7%	990	581	58.7%
16- Key West	111	42	37.8%	85	38	44.7%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,774	948	53.4%	1,613	817	50.7%
18- Sanford	370	113	30.5%	610	218	35.7%
19- Ft. Pierce	551	186	33.8%	644	233	36.2%
20- Ft. Myers	858	404	47.1%	1,087	454	41.8%
Statewide	21,902	12,968	59.2%	22,105	12,442	56.3%
* 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, 2005. 2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.

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

Judicial Circuit	FY2006 - 2007 Sentence Dates1			FY2007 - 2008 Sentence Dates2
	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	765	335	43.8%	682	330	48.4%
02- Tallahassee	664	473	71.2%	380	253	66.6%
03- Lake City	338	244	72.2%	383	240	62.7%
04- Jacksonville	1,086	543	50.0%	1,111	550	49.5%
05- Tavares	1,307	553	42.3%	1,160	433	37.3%
06- Clearwater	2,156	956	44.3%	2,364	1,127	47.7%
07- Daytona	956	502	52.5%	913	465	50.9%
08- Gainesville	418	309	73.9%	346	263	76.0%
09- Orlando	937	482	51.4%	1,630	812	49.8%
10- Bartow	883	353	40.0%	1,058	483	45.7%
11- Miami	4,436	4,021	90.6%	3,346	3,010	90.0%
12- Sarasota	559	162	29.0%	667	196	29.4%
13- Tampa	2,250	1,547	68.8%	2,539	1,737	68.4%
14- Panama City	545	273	50.1%	497	202	40.6%
15- West Palm Beach	938	522	55.7%	990	581	58.7%
16- Key West	111	42	37.8%	85	38	44.7%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,774	948	53.4%	1,613	817	50.7%
18- Sanford	370	113	30.5%	610	218	35.7%
19- Ft. Pierce	551	186	33.8%	644	233	36.2%
20- Ft. Myers	858	404	47.1%	1,087	454	41.8%
Statewide	21,902	12,968	59.2%	22,105	12,442	56.3%
* 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. 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, 2005. 2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.

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

Offense Type	FY2006 - 2007 Sentence Dates1					FY2007 - 2008 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	24	9	15	46	70	21	11	10	56	77
	34.3%	12.9%	21.4%	65.7%	100.0%	27.3%	14.3%	13.0%	72.7%	100.0%
Complete	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Degree Murder
Attempt	22	13	9	35	57	16	9	7	29	45
	38.6%	22.8%	15.8%	61.4%	100.0%	35.6%	20.0%	15.6%	64.4%	100.0%
Complete	12	0	12	45	57	25	1	24	41	66
	21.1%	0.0%	21.1%	78.9%	100.0%	37.9%	1.5%	36.4%	62.1%	100.0%
3rd Degree Murder
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Complete	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	3
	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	100.0%
Homicide, Other
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Complete	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
	100.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Manslaughter
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	3
Complete	23	16	7	15	38	19	4	15	15	34
	60.5%	42.1%	18.4%	39.5%	100.0%	55.9%	11.8%	44.1%	44.1%	100.0%
DUI Manslaughter
Complete	34	7	27	14	48	27	2	25	24	51
	70.8%	14.6%	56.3%	29.2%	100.0%	52.9%	3.9%	49.0%	47.1%	100.0%
Sexual/Lewd Behavior
Capital Sexual Battery
Attempt	6	1	5	23	29	7	1	6	18	25
	20.7%	3.4%	17.2%	79.3%	100.0%	28.0%	4.0%	24.0%	72.0%	100.0%
Life Sexual Battery
Attempt	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	5
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	100.0%
Complete	7	0	7	11	18	6	1	5	13	19
	38.9%	0.0%	38.9%	61.1%	100.0%	31.6%	5.3%	26.3%	68.4%	100.0%
1st Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	1	1	0	4	5	1	0	1	0	1
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Complete	12	4	8	22	34	16	3	13	13	29
	35.3%	11.8%	23.5%	64.7%	100.0%	55.2%	10.3%	44.8%	44.8%	100.0%
2nd Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	4	3	1	6	10	5	3	2	2	7
	40.0%	30.0%	10.0%	60.0%	100.0%	71.4%	42.9%	28.6%	28.6%	100.0%
Complete	58	36	22	29	87	47	22	25	34	81
	66.7%	41.4%	25.3%	33.3%	100.0%	58.0%	27.2%	30.9%	42.0%	100.0%
Sexual Assault, Other
Complete	6	5	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
	85.7%	71.4%	14.3%	14.3%	100.0%
Lewd/Lascivious Behavior
Attempt	7	2	5	11	18	12	7	5	8	20
	38.9%	11.1%	27.8%	61.1%	100.0%	60.0%	35.0%	25.0%	40.0%	100.0%
Complete	228	134	94	110	338	197	94	103	141	338
	67.5%	39.6%	27.8%	32.5%	100.0%	58.3%	27.8%	30.5%	41.7%	100.0%
Robbery
Robbery with Weapon
Attempt	35	24	11	33	68	57	36	21	48	105
	51.5%	35.3%	16.2%	48.5%	100.0%	54.3%	34.3%	20.0%	45.7%	100.0%
Complete	339	174	165	270	609	393	194	199	414	807
	55.7%	28.6%	27.1%	44.3%	100.0%	48.7%	24.0%	24.7%	51.3%	100.0%
Robbery without Weapon
Attempt	24	18	6	29	53	14	9	5	29	43
	45.3%	34.0%	11.3%	54.7%	100.0%	32.6%	20.9%	11.6%	67.4%	100.0%
Complete	183	136	47	289	472	194	134	60	342	536
	38.8%	28.8%	10.0%	61.2%	100.0%	36.2%	25.0%	11.2%	63.8%	100.0%
Home Invasion, Robbery
Attempt	1	1	0	4	5	8	4	4	2	10
	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	80.0%	100.0%	80.0%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	100.0%
Complete	32	14	18	41	73	36	14	22	32	68
	43.8%	19.2%	24.7%	56.2%	100.0%	52.9%	20.6%	32.4%	47.1%	100.0%
Violent Personal Offenses
	2,824	2,248	576	1,469	4,293	2,621	1,989	632	1,554	4,175
	65.8%	52.4%	13.4%	34.2%	100.0%	62.8%	47.6%	15.1%	37.2%	100.0%
Burglary
	2,180	1,559	621	1,382	3,562	2,358	1,599	759	1,684	4,042
	61.2%	43.8%	17.4%	38.8%	100.0%	58.3%	39.6%	18.8%	41.7%	100.0%
Property Theft/Fraud/Damage
	1,017	677	340	912	1,929	1,028	704	324	983	2,011
	52.7%	35.1%	17.6%	47.3%	100.0%	51.1%	35.0%	16.1%	48.9%	100.0%
Drugs
Manufacture/Sale/Purchase
	1,769	1,171	598	1,499	3,268	1,518	938	580	1,558	3,076
	54.1%	35.8%	18.3%	45.9%	100.0%	49.3%	30.5%	18.9%	50.7%	100.0%
Drugs, Trafficking
	403	207	196	479	882	449	244	205	584	1,033
	45.7%	23.5%	22.2%	54.3%	100.0%	43.5%	23.6%	19.8%	56.5%	100.0%
Drugs, Possession/Other
	1,924	1,622	302	868	2,792	1,580	1,261	319	822	2,402
	68.9%	58.1%	10.8%	31.1%	100.0%	65.8%	52.5%	13.3%	34.2%	100.0%
Weapons
	296	205	91	394	690	272	176	96	378	650
	42.9%	29.7%	13.2%	57.1%	100.0%	41.8%	27.1%	14.8%	58.2%	100.0%
Other
	1,494	1,045	449	891	2,385	1,510	1,028	482	831	2,341
	62.6%	43.8%	18.8%	37.4%	100.0%	64.5%	43.9%	20.6%	35.5%	100.0%
Total	12,968	9,333	3,635	8,934	21,902	12,442	8,491	3,951	9,663	22,105
* 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, 2005. 2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.