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D. Haw. · fiscal year 20211 Oct 2020 – 30 Sep 2021

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District of Hawaii, fiscal year 2021

D. Haw. · Ninth Circuit · FY2021 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2021 (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 168 sentenced cases in the District of Hawaii appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2020 had 64,565.

The median prison term was 41 months (3 yr 5 mo); 90% of cases carried a prison term. 38% of sentences were within the guideline range, 42% below it on a government motion, 19% below it for other reasons and — above it.

168cases sentencedFY2020: 124
41median prison monthsnational FY2021: 29
38%within guideline rangenational 43%
90%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2021

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking7947.0%—7024%57%19%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement3219.0%—2447%34%—
Firearms1911.3%—2758%——
13 other offence types, pooled3822.6%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2021 compared

MeasureD. Haw.9th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced16811,01557,287
Median prison months411629
Cases with a prison term90%91%91%
Within guideline range38%23%43%
Below range, government sponsored42%62%32%
Below range, other19%14%23%
Above range—1%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Haw.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201815394%5452%29%19%—
FY2019154—4138%36%24%—
FY202012491%4847%34%16%—
FY202116890%4138%42%19%—
FY202214093%6028%43%27%—
FY2023119—5727%43%29%—
FY2024108—8032%34%30%—
FY2025142—6327%45%22%—

← FY2020FY2022 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2021 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: District of Hawaii, FY2018–FY2025.