Welcome to the MSGC Data Library
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) was established in 1978 and became the first state in the nation to implement sentencing guidelines in 1980. MSGC maintains a data library containing information on felony sentences pronounced in Minnesota. MSGC monitoring data are person-based, meaning cases represent persons rather than individual charges. Persons sentenced within the same county in a one-month period are generally counted only once, based on their most serious offense.
What is the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Data Library?
Since its inception, MSGC has been a clearing house and information center, producing research and reports, but also providing data for individuals who request it. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Data Library is a collection of short reports and statistics that have been previously submitted through our
data request porthole.
More complex reporting can be found on our reports page.
What kind of data is included?
The data library includes a variety of reports and statistics, such as:
Departure Rates by Offense
- Departure rates are based on a five-year average
- Departure rates are displayed by criminal history score
- Felony cases that received a pronounced sentence
Case Lists by Offense
- A spreadsheet containing case-level information
- Felony cases that received a pronounced sentence
- Non-public data has been excluded
Accessing the Data
Many of the reports and resources are available on the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission's website. If you cannot find the data you are looking for, you can
submit a data request. If you require reports in an alternate format, you can contact the Commission directly.
