Domestic Terrorism
Referrals for Prosecution Declined by Reason

	Fiscal Year					Total
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Prosecutions Filed	47	37	41	48	38	211
Prosecutions Declined	52	85	108	147	160	552
Percent Prosecutions Declined	53%	70%	72%	75%	81%	72%
Reason Prosecution Declined:	8	21	29	27	27	112
Lack of evidence of criminal intent
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence	10	18	18	25	27	98
Agency request	6	10	14	20	20	70
No known suspect	1	3	18	16	19	57
No federal offense evident	7	8	8	17	14	54
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities	9	7	5	10	15	46
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value	1	4	4	6	19	34
Other reasons given:	-	-	-	-	1	1
All work completed
By Action of the Grand Jury	-	-	-	-	1	1
Civil, admin or other disciplinary alternatives	-	1	1	1	2	5
Declined per instructions from DOJ	-	-	-	-	1	1
Department Policy	-	1	-	-	1	2
Jurisdiction or venue problems	1	2	1	-	-	4
Juvenile suspect	-	2	-	1	3	6
Lack of investigative resources	-	1	-	1	1	3
Lack of prosecutive resources	-	-	3	-	2	5
Offenders age, health, prior record, or personal matter	1	1	1	7	1	11
Office policy	1	1	1	3	-	6
Petite policy	1	1	-	-	-	2
Pretrial diversion completed	1	-	1	-	-	2
Rule 20 (Magistrate Court)	1	-	-	-	-	1
Rule 40	2	-	-	-	-	2
Staleness	-	-	1	2	-	3
Suspect a fugitive	-	-	-	1	-	1
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs)	1	1	-	8	1	11
Suspect deceased	-	-	1	1	2	4
Suspect serving sentence	-	-	2	-	1	3
Suspects cooperation	1	1	-	-	1	3
Witness problems	-	2	-	1	1	4

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