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2007 Federal Criminal Caseload Statistics: Hattip to Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy for his post and link to data statistics on the federal criminal prosecutions in district courts over various years. Berman notes that federal bank robbery prosecutions have declined nearly 15%, while federal traffic offense prosecutions have increased "more than 20%." Federal prosecutions of sex offenders have also increased in recent years. The data shows that the federal government filed 1,885 claims for sex offenses in 2006. By the end of 2007, the federal government had filed 2,460 claims. Probable Cause When Executing An Arrest Warrant: Yesterday, Jonathan Adler put up a post at Volokh Conspiracy discussing the Sixth Circuit's decision in U...continue to full post

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