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Summary findings

In 2006—

  • an estimated 1.1. million persons were convicted of a felony in state courts
  • 94% of convicted felons pleaded guilty
  • 7 in 10 convicted felons were sentenced to either prison or jail
  • prison sentences in state courts averaged almost 5 years.
  • the number of felony convictions increased 37% between 1990 and 2006.

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