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Report Documents Increased Federal Prosecution; Arrests High in Border Districts

By Shari Allison

A press release from the Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics announced the release of a new report on arrests and prosecutions in the criminal justice system. It begins as follows: FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ARRESTS SURPASS DRUG ARRESTSPost-arrest, drug and weapons offenders most likely to be prosecuted and convicted     WASHINGTON -- Immigration and drug arrests comprised more than half of the 140,200 federal suspects arrested and booked by the U.S. Marshals in 2005, the Justice Department?s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Material witness (20 percent), immigration (15 percent) and weapons (11 percent) arrests increased at the fastest annual rate from 1995 to 2005. In 2005, immigration (27 percent) was the most prevalent arrest offense followed by drug (24 percent) and supervision violations (17 percent)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).