Title: Bureau of Justice Statistics Drug and Crime Facts: Drug law violations and pretrial release, prosecution, and adjudication
Headings: 
Drug law violations
Pretrial, prosecution, and adjudication
Pretrial release
Prosecution and adjudication
Prosecution of drug law violators
Federal
State
Juveniles
Drug-related activities of prosecutors' offices

Content: Of those convicted, 6% of convictions were obtained via trial verdicts. Drug trafficking had the highest rate of conviction (92%). About 90% of defendants convicted of money laundering as a secondary offense received a prison sentence. Rates of imprisonment varied across the types of offenses (drug offenses, 90%; property offenses, 73%; and public-order offenses, 72%). Defendants with a drug offense as the most serious offense received prison terms with an average 97 months, compared to 44 months for property offenders. Prison terms for public-order offenses (including racketeering/extortion) had an average of 70 months. Source: BJS, Money Laundering Offenders, 1994-2001, NCJ 199574, June 2003.