Part III Comparative Description

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

Category	1994 Sentencing Guidelines*		Criminal Punishment Code**
	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months	Number / Percent	Average Mitigated Length in Months
Mitigated Total	5,885		11,575
	55.0%		55.5%
Mitigated Sanction	4,221		8,867
	39.4%		42.5%
Mitigated Length	1,664	16.4	2,708	24.6
	15.5%		13.0%
Not Mitigated	4,816		9,299
	45.0%		44.5%
Total	10,701		20,874
	100.0%		100.0%
* Mitigation of sanction occures when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the applicable scoresheet law. Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the lowest permissible applicable scoresheet law. This total rate includes both mitigated sanction and mitigated length sentences.

Figure 2 Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category

n = 10,701	n = 20,874
*Total points exceeding 52.0
**Total points exceeding 44.0

Figure 3 Deviation Rates Below Permitted Sentences Among All Offenders Sentenced

n = 56,067	n = 90,386

Table 12 Mitigated Sanction Rates* By Judicial Circuit

Judicial Circuit	1994 Sentencing Guidelines			Criminal Punishment Code
	Scoresheets Exceeding 52.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	562	277	49.3%	736	212	28.8%
02- Tallahassee	258	105	40.7%	396	188	47.5%
03- Lake City	136	49	36.0%	151	87	57.6%
04- Jacksonville	541	174	32.2%	1,204	488	40.5%
05- Tavares	415	142	34.2%	603	155	25.7%
06- Clearwater	929	300	32.3%	1,927	727	37.7%
07- Daytona	262	82	31.3%	777	202	26.0%
08- Gainesville	182	59	32.4%	538	265	49.3%
09- Orlando	767	341	44.5%	1,222	351	28.7%
10- Bartow	399	105	26.3%	696	166	23.9%
11- Miami	1,670	789	47.2%	3,622	2,556	70.6%
12- Sarasota	382	153	40.1%	559	125	22.4%
13- Tampa	1,201	553	46.0%	2,162	1,037	48.0%
14- Panama City	235	69	29.4%	649	221	34.1%
15- West Palm Beach	558	271	48.6%	1,213	464	38.3%
16- Key West	79	22	27.8%	145	46	31.7%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,070	328	30.7%	2,541	960	37.8%
18- Sandford	356	142	39.9%	330	83	25.2%
19- Ft. Pierce	344	134	39.0%	555	168	30.3%
20- Ft. Myers	355	126	35.5%	848	366	43.2%
Statewide	10,701	4,221	39.4%	20,874	8,867	42.5%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the applicable scoresheet law.

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

Judicial Circuit	1994 Sentencing Guidelines			Criminal Punishment Code
	Scoresheets Exceeding 52.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate	Scoresheets Exceeding 44.0 Total Points	Scoresheets Mitigated	Mitigation Rate
01- Pensacola	562	338	60.1%	736	265	36.0%
02- Tallahassee	258	157	60.9%	396	292	73.7%
03- Lake City	136	68	50.0%	151	113	74.8%
04- Jacksonville	541	248	45.8%	1,204	688	57.1%
05- Tavares	415	205	49.4%	603	204	33.8%
06- Clearwater	929	462	49.7%	1,927	937	48.6%
07- Daytona	262	106	40.5%	777	342	44.0%
08- Gainesville	182	74	40.7%	538	355	66.0%
09- Orlando	767	428	55.8%	1,222	430	35.2%
10- Bartow	399	176	44.1%	696	240	34.5%
11- Miami	1,670	1,176	70.4%	3,622	3,242	89.5%
12- Sarasota	382	201	52.6%	559	168	30.1%
13- Tampa	1,201	693	57.7%	2,162	1,308	60.5%
14- Panama City	235	100	42.6%	649	279	43.0%
15- West Palm Beach	558	401	71.9%	1,213	608	50.1%
16- Key West	79	24	30.4%	145	62	42.8%
17- Ft. Lauderdale	1,070	510	47.7%	2,541	1,216	47.9%
18- Sandford	356	176	49.4%	330	112	33.9%
19- Ft. Pierce	344	172	50.0%	555	228	41.1%
20- Ft. Myers	355	170	47.9%	848	486	57.3%
Statewide	10,701	5,885	55.0%	20,874	11,575	55.5%
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the applicable scoresheet law. Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the lowest permissible Code sentence. 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	1994 Sentencing Guidelines					Criminal Punishment Code
	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total	Total Mitigated	Mitigated Sanction	Mitigated Length	Not Mitigated	Total
Murder/Manslaughter
First Degree Murder
Attempt	55	18	37	59	114	16	4	12	44	60
	48.2%	15.8%	32.5%	51.8%	100.0%	26.7%	6.7%	20.0%	73.3%	100.0%
Complete	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2nd Degree Murder
Attempt	40	17	23	48	88	16	4	12	24	40
	45.5%	19.3%	26.1%	54.5%	100.0%	40.0%	10.0%	30.0%	60.0%	100.0%
Complete	25	1	24	92	117	0	3	11	45	59
	21.4%	0.9%	20.5%	78.6%	100.0%	23.7%	5.1%	18.6%	76.3%	100.0%
3rd Degree Murder
Attempt	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
	66.7%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Complete	1	0	1	12	13	3	1	2	4	7
	7.7%	0.0%	7.7%	92.3%	100.0%	42.9%	14.3%	28.6%	57.1%	100.0%
Homicide, Other
Complete	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	1	2	3
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	100.0%
Manslaughter
Attempt	4	4	0	3	7	0	0	0	5	5
	57.1%	57.1%	0.0%	42.9%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Complete	65	41	24	55	120	29	14	15	35	64
	54.2%	34.2%	20.0%	45.8%	100.0%	45.3%	21.9%	23.4%	54.7%	100.0%
DUI Manslaughter
Complete	32	15	17	33	65	25	10	15	19	44
	49.2%	23.1%	26.2%	50.8%	100.0%	56.8%	22.7%	34.1%	43.2%	100.0%
Sexual/Lewd Behavior
Capital Sexual Battery
Attempt	43	24	19	52	95	25	6	19	31	56
	45.3%	25.3%	20.0%	54.7%	100.0%	44.6%	10.7%	33.9%	55.4%	100.0%
Life Sexual Battery
Attempt	8	7	1	3	11	3	2	1	1	4
	72.7%	63.6%	9.1%	27.3%	100.0%	75.0%	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	100.0%
Complete	26	13	13	32	58	12	4	8	12	24
	44.8%	22.4%	22.4%	55.2%	100.0%	50.0%	16.7%	33.3%	50.0%	100.0%
1st Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	3	3	0	3	6	2	1	1	2	4
	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	50.0%	100.0%
Complete	57	32	25	38	95	20	11	9	30	50
	60.0%	33.7%	26.3%	40.0%	100.0%	40.0%	22.0%	18.0%	60.0%	100.0%
2nd Degree Sexual Battery
Attempt	18	17	1	9	27	18	14	4	8	26
	66.7%	63.0%	3.7%	33.3%	100.0%	69.2%	53.8%	15.4%	30.8%	100.0%
Complete	71	51	20	45	116	87	58	29	30	117
	61.2%	44.0%	17.2%	38.8%	100.0%	74.4%	49.6%	24.8%	25.6%	100.0%
Sexual Assault, Other
Complete	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Lewd/Lascivious Behavior
Attempt	5	5	0	7	12	10	9	1	11	21
	41.7%	41.7%	0.0%	58.3%	100.0%	47.6%	42.9%	4.8%	52.4%	100.0%
Complete	394	333	61	188	582	655	530	125	187	842
	67.7%	57.2%	10.5%	32.3%	100.0%	77.8%	62.9%	14.8%	22.2%	100.0%
Robbery
Robbery with Weapon
Attempt	26	14	12	29	55	43	23	20	53	96
	47.3%	25.5%	21.8%	52.7%	100.0%	44.8%	24.0%	20.8%	55.2%	100.0%
Complete	421	185	236	463	884	294	125	169	400	694
	47.6%	20.9%	26.7%	52.4%	100.0%	42.4%	18.0%	24.4%	57.6%	100.0%
Robbery without Weapon
Attempt	8	6	2	7	15	10	7	3	28	38
	53.3%	40.0%	13.3%	46.7%	100.0%	26.3%	18.4%	7.9%	73.7%	100.0%
Complete	119	89	30	202	321	186	127	59	326	512
	37.1%	27.7%	9.3%	62.9%	100.0%	36.3%	24.8%	11.5%	63.7%	100.0%
Home Invasion, Robbery
Attempt	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Complete	11	8	3	8	19	6	3	3	24	30
	57.9%	42.1%	15.8%	42.1%	100.0%	20.0%	10.0%	10.0%	80.0%	100.0%
Violent Personal Offenses
	1,814	1,465	349	970	2,784	3,303	2,776	527	1,455	4,758
	65.2%	52.6%	12.5%	34.8%	100.0%	69.4%	58.3%	11.1%	30.6%	100.0%
Burglary
	1,319	968	351	1,057	2,376	2,212	1,597	615	1,580	3,792
	55.5%	40.7%	14.8%	44.5%	100.0%	58.3%	42.1%	16.2%	41.7%	100.0%
Property Theft/Fraud/Damage
	262	197	65	255	517	858	661	197	1,008	1,866
	50.7%	38.1%	12.6%	49.3%	100.0%	46.0%	35.4%	10.6%	54.0%	100.0%
Drugs
Manufacture/Sale/Purchase
	384	257	127	481	865	1,383	1,046	337	1,835	3,218
	44.4%	29.7%	14.7%	55.6%	100.0%	43.0%	32.5%	10.5%	57.0%	100.0%
Drugs, Trafficking
	242	131	111	266	508	298	182	116	308	606
	47.6%	25.8%	21.9%	52.4%	100.0%	49.2%	30.0%	19.1%	50.8%	100.0%
Drugs, Possession/Other
	91	68	23	63	154	1,100	930	170	745	1,845
	59.1%	44.2%	14.9%	40.9%	100.0%	59.6%	50.4%	9.2%	40.4%	100.0%
Weapons
Complete	181	140	41	167	348	277	221	56	329	606
	52.0%	40.2%	11.8%	48.0%	100.0%	45.7%	36.5%	9.2%	54.3%	100.0%
Other
Complete	158	110	48	162	320	666	495	171	718	1,384
	49.4%	34.4%	15.0%	50.6%	100.0%	48.1%	35.8%	12.4%	51.9%	100.0%
Total	5,885	4,221	1,664	4,816	10,701	11,575	8,867	2,708	9,299	20,874
* Mitigation of sanction occurs when an offender does not receive a prison sanction although a prison sanction is mandated by the applicable scoresheet law. Mitigated length occurs when an offender receives a prison sentence below the 25% permissible discretion existing within the applicable scoresheet law. This total rate includes both mitigated sanction and mitigated length sentences.
** Criminal Punishment Code: Total Points Exceeding 44.0. 1994 Sentencing Guidelines: Total Points Exceeding 52.0.