Counts and Percents
Reasons Federal
Prosecutors Decline to Prosecute Civil Rights Cases
| |
Number |
Percent |
| Fiscal Year |
| 96 |
| Total |
3,044 |
100.0 |
| disposition reason |
96 |
3.2 |
| Agency request |
| Civil, admin or other disciplinary
alternatives |
35 |
1.1 |
| Declined per instructions from DOJ |
453 |
14.9 |
| Department Policy |
4 |
0.1 |
| Jurisdiction or venue problems |
5 |
0.2 |
| Juvenile suspect |
1 |
0.0 |
| Lack of evidence of criminal intent |
348 |
11.4 |
| Lack of investigative or prosecutive
resources |
27 |
0.9 |
| Lack of investigative resources |
2 |
0.1 |
| Lack of prosecutive resources |
7 |
0.2 |
| Minimal federal interest or no deterrent
value |
85 |
2.8 |
| No federal offense evident |
371 |
12.2 |
| No known suspect |
72 |
2.4 |
| Offender's age, health, prior record, or
personal matter |
5 |
0.2 |
| Office policy |
11 |
0.4 |
| Pretrial Diversion Completed |
1 |
0.0 |
| Rule 40 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Staleness |
13 |
0.4 |
| Statute of Limitations |
121 |
4.0 |
| Suspect being prosecuted on other charges
(e.g., UFAPs) |
20 |
0.7 |
| Suspect deceased |
3 |
0.1 |
| Suspect serving sentence |
1 |
0.0 |
| Suspect to be prosecuted by other
authorities |
101 |
3.3 |
| Suspect's cooperation |
1 |
0.0 |
| Transfer within District |
4 |
0.1 |
| Weak or insufficient admissible evidence |
1,195 |
39.3 |
| Witness problems |
61 |
2.0 |
Data cover:
fiscal year (96), district (U.S.),
referral agency (all), lead charge (all), program category (civil
rights)
Copyright 1998,
TRAC Reports, Inc.