According to US Sentencing Commission data, in Fiscal Year 2012, federal prosecutors brought over 84,000 cases to sentencing, whereas by Fiscal Year 2016, federal prosecutors brought fewer than 67,750 cases to sentencing. (sentencing.typepad.com)
Tomorrow, as detailed on this USSC webpage, the United States Sentencing Commission in scheduled to conduct another public hearing on these topics (in part because the USSC never formally moved forward with any guidelines amendments on these topics because of an incomplete membership). (sentencing.typepad.com)
Also, Connecticut in October eliminated bail for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses, but the matter is being revisited after the state sentencing commission in December proposed a constitutional amendment that would allow denying release for high - level defendants. (abajournal.com)