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.
The frequency and rate of insanity pleas and acquittals are. presented for the study states as well as descriptive data on the characteristics of. persons pleading and acquitted NGRI. Overall, the insanity defense was raised in. one percent of all felony cases.