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Nearly half of
the criminal records in the US are housed in the US District Court.
These records represent cases brought by the Federal Government against
an individual or corporation for actions in violation of Federal Laws.
There are
241 US District Courts, with each state housing one to four
federal district courts.
Mail fraud,
arson, interstate drug trafficking and the like are the types of cases
stored in the Federal courthouses. Drug crime alone accounted for 30% of
filings in 2002 (Source: USCourts.gov), followed by immigration cases at
17.8% and fraud cases at 11.8%. Federal criminal records searches are
performed by Federal District Court (of which there are 94 within the 50
states). |
