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.
In addition, the state's violent crimes clearance rate, which includes murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery is 37.8 percent out of 25,452 cases. The national violent crimes clearance rate is at 48.1 percent.The release also included a county-by-county breakdown of the total crime index clearance rates.The map below shows this year's clearance rate numbers.n 2013, the percent of criminal cases cleared by police â or clearance rate â in New Jersey is slightly higher than last year, but still remains below the national average in almost every category, according to a State Police report.