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Federal Sentencing Snapshot is in private beta. Preview the sample brief below, and join the waitlist for early access.

Solo and small-firm attorneys handling federal cases.

SentencingStats is priced in the high hundreds per report. JSIN suppresses cells when fewer than 3 cases match. Westlaw doesn't index sentencing by charge type.

USSC public datafiles, 754K-case comparable set, every figure cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn. Sample brief below, no email gate.

Walk into your AUSA negotiation tomorrow with the printed sentencing distribution, departure-pattern table, and comparables table. Hand a copy to your client. Bill it as a line item.

“The most important numbers that JSIN reports, the average and median sentences for a particular position on the sentencing table, are inflated by a series of choices to exclude large chunks of the commission's own dataset.”

Michael L. Yaeger, Carlton Fields, 2021(opens in new tab)
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If you've ever taken the JSIN median back to your client and felt the number was wrong, it is. Here's the math.

Sentencing Snapshot covers federal cases only, the comparables are USSC data. Practicing in state court? Start with Officer Lookup ($147, live today across seven jurisdictions, Florida, Chicago, Texas, NYC, Georgia, Arizona, and California) or the Forensic Foundation Pack (the methodology challenges apply in federal and state court).

●USSC individual-case datafile last refreshed 2026-06-26.Updated within 30 days of each annual USSC release.See live data status
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What the other tools miss.
  1. 01.

    Westlaw Edge analytics covers motion outcomes, not charge-conditioned sentencing distributions.

  2. 02.

    JSIN drops non-imprisonment and 5K1.1 cooperation outcomes from the cell and hides cells under 3 cases; we restore those outcomes and suppress only below 10 cases, stricter than JSIN's floor, so no figure rests on a thin cell.

  3. 03.

    Every comparable in the brief cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn.

Frequently asked questions.

What do I get?

A PDF brief showing the sentencing distribution for cases matching your client's offense level, criminal-history category, and charge cluster, pulled from the USSC public datafile. Includes mean, median, quartiles, departure rate, below-guidelines rate, by-district comparison, and the 10 most-similar cases with USSC datafile citations.

How long does it take?

Federal Sentencing Snapshot is in private beta and not yet available for direct purchase — join the waitlist for early access. When it ships, each brief is generated from the USSC datafiles and emailed as a PDF to the address you provide.

Where does the data come from?

The U.S. Sentencing Commission public datafiles, the same source JSIN uses, except we do not apply JSIN's exclusions. We include non-imprisonment sentences, cooperation departures, and cases with mandatory minimums. Every comparable cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn. The brief is built on the USSC individual-offender datafiles through FY2025, the most recently published release, and we ingest each new annual release after it is published (the brief header stamps the exact datafile vintage).

Why is this better than JSIN?

JSIN excludes non-imprisonment sentences and cooperation departures, inflating the median your client sees in the PSR. BenchRecon restores those excluded cases and cites every figure to source. It still withholds any cell under 10 cases — stricter than JSIN's 3-case floor — so no figure rests on a thin sample.

Is the data the same as SentencingStats?

Both draw from USSC public files. BenchRecon is a one-shot deliverable, no subscription, no recurring charge. You pay per case, when you have a case.

What is the refund policy?

7-day full refund if the brief does not meet your standard. No questions asked.

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