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Southern Illinois district imposes longest jail sentences
EAST ST. LOUIS AP A watchdog group reports that the Southern District of Illinois has the harshest federal sentencing averages, with East St. Louis judges issuing longer terms due to geography and drug crime concentration. The 2002 average was about 107 months versus a national 43 months, driven by a high drug docket and limited suburban areas.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Syracuse University
District of Illinois
Thomas F. Eagleton U.S
Mississippi River
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Missouri
John Stobbs
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U.S. Sentencing Commission
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