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Federal Bench — District of Maryland

Judge George Russell

District of Maryland — Sentencing Profile

Aggregate sentencing patterns and caseload data for George Russell compiled from verified federal court records. Statistical frequencies only — never a prediction about a specific case or defendant.

Generated June 22, 2026

Name-match note: Records were linked across USSC and CourtListener with a name-similarity score of 0.75. Below 0.80 the link is weaker — verify the cl_person_id matches the judge before relying on this profile.

Sentencing & Caseload Snapshot

USSC Sentences

444

FY14-23 indexed

Median Sentence

48.0 mo

across indexed cases

Total Dockets

3,872

indexed in corpus

Criminal Fraction

6.6%

of indexed dockets

Aggregate frequencies from public USSC sentencing datafiles and CourtListener docket records. Not a prediction about any specific case.

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Sentencing Distribution

Distribution metrics from 444 indexed USSC sentences. Departure rates indicate how often sentences fell outside the calculated guideline range.

Sentencing distribution from USSC FY14-23 datafiles
MetricValue
Median sentence48.0 mo
Mean sentence76.7 mo
Interquartile range (P25 — P75)19.5 mo — 103.5 mo
Downward departure rate64.0%
Upward departure rate6.0%
Substantial-assistance rate—
Government-sponsored below-range rate—

Offense Mix

Top offense categories among indexed sentences. A judge's offense mix reflects the docket they were assigned, not their personal selection.

  • drug trafficking102 (23.0%)
  • gambling86 (19.4%)
  • extortion racketeering67 (15.1%)
  • murder25 (5.6%)
  • prison25 (5.6%)
  • larceny14 (3.2%)
  • assault7 (1.6%)
  • fraud5 (1.1%)

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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.