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MurderFla. Stat. § 782.04

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 65 Florida counties, 6,362 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 782.04 covers

Chapter 782 of the Florida Statutes — Homicide. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 45 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 77.4%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County11085.5%
Bay County8965.2%
Bradford County1181.8%
Broward County11973.1%
Charlotte County1369.2%
Citrus County4684.8%
Clay County2055.0%
Collier County2055.0%
Columbia County33100.0%
Desoto County2878.6%
Duval County69881.4%
Escambia County23027.0%
Hendry County2161.9%
Hernando County2568.0%
Highlands County2785.2%
Hillsborough County49768.8%
Holmes County1190.9%
Indian River County4940.8%
Jackson County2090.0%
Lafayette County10100.0%
Lake County3450.0%
Lee County7784.4%
Leon County22167.9%
Levy County1392.3%
Manatee County9377.4%
Marion County7884.6%
Martin County3464.7%
Miami-Dade County1,44584.6%
Monroe County1782.4%
Nassau County1693.7%
Okaloosa County1450.0%
Orange County48179.4%
Osceola County7876.9%
Palm Beach County34154.8%
Pasco County19087.4%
Pinellas County37177.4%
Polk County11158.6%
Putnam County20100.0%
Santa Rosa County2373.9%
Sarasota County7146.5%
Seminole County7475.7%
St. Johns County1573.3%
St. Lucie County8575.3%
Sumter County2788.9%
Volusia County26187.7%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (20)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 782.04 at the source →

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