The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
That means since 1981, 75 percent of death penalty cases that have completed their review have resulted in reversal compared to the 7.5 percent reversal rate of the 201 non-death penalty appeals. There are nine cases currently on appeal in either state or federal courts. There have been five executions.