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Sentencing date in the next 14 days? The brief is built in 60 seconds, join the private-beta waitlist for first access.

Solo and small-firm attorneys handling federal cases.

SentencingStats is priced in the high hundreds per report. JSIN suppresses cells when fewer than 3 cases match. Westlaw doesn't index sentencing by charge type.

USSC public datafiles, 754K-case comparable set, every figure cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn. Sample brief below, no email gate.

Walk into your AUSA negotiation tomorrow with the printed sentencing distribution, departure-rate table, and Booker-variance benchmark. Hand a copy to your client. Bill it as a line item.

“The most important numbers that JSIN reports, the average and median sentences for a particular position on the sentencing table, are inflated by a series of choices to exclude large chunks of the commission's own dataset.”

Michael L. Yaeger, Carlton Fields, 2021(opens in new tab)
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If you've ever taken the JSIN median back to your client and felt the number was wrong, it is. Here's the math.

Sentencing Snapshot covers federal cases only, the comparables are USSC data. Practicing in state court? Start with Officer Lookup ($147, live today across seven jurisdictions, Florida, Chicago, Texas, NYC, Georgia, Arizona, and California) or the Forensic Foundation Pack (the methodology challenges apply in federal and state court).

Every claim cited
Every assertion in the brief cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn.
USSC public data
Aggregated from U.S. Sentencing Commission datafiles.
No LLM-generated prose
Briefs are USSC data formatted into exhibit form, fixed templates with cell values substituted, which counsel reviews and edits before filing.
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Data error or non-delivery? Full refund or corrected redeliver, within 7 days.
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What the other tools miss.
  1. 01.

    Westlaw Edge analytics covers motion outcomes, not charge-conditioned sentencing distributions.

  2. 02.

    JSIN suppresses cells when fewer than 3 cases match. We don't.

  3. 03.

    Every comparable in the brief cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn.

$147 brief, in private beta. Join the waitlist for a free pilot brief and $50 credit toward your first order.

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4 hours of PACER comparable hand-pulls at the ~$177/hr CJA rate = $708 of billable time recovered. Brief price: SS $147 / JEB $97.

Briefs require ≥10 comparable cases for a defensible distribution. If your cell is too rare, you'll get a same-day full refund, no charge to you.

Frequently asked questions.

What do I get?

A PDF brief showing the sentencing distribution for cases matching your client's offense level, criminal-history category, and charge cluster, pulled from the USSC public datafile. Includes mean, median, quartiles, departure rate, below-guidelines rate, by-district comparison, and the 10 most-similar cases with USSC datafile citations.

How long does it take?

Brief generation typically completes in under 60 seconds after checkout. The PDF is emailed directly to the address you provide.

Where does the data come from?

The U.S. Sentencing Commission public datafiles, the same source JSIN uses, except we do not apply JSIN's exclusions. We include non-imprisonment sentences, cooperation departures, and cases with mandatory minimums. Every comparable cites the USSC datafile vintage from which it was drawn. The brief is built on the USSC individual-offender datafiles through FY2025, the most recently published release, and we ingest each new annual release as it posts.

Why is this better than JSIN?

JSIN excludes non-imprisonment sentences, cooperation departures, and suppresses cells with fewer than 3 cases. Those exclusions inflate the median your client sees in the PSR. BenchRecon does not apply those filters, and every figure is citable to source.

Is the data the same as SentencingStats?

Both draw from USSC public files. BenchRecon is a one-shot deliverable, no subscription, no recurring charge. You pay per case, when you have a case.

What is the refund policy?

7-day full refund if the brief does not meet your standard. No questions asked.

CJA panel rate cited: $177/hr (2026 non-capital schedule, effective 2026-01-01). Source: uscourts.gov.

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