International Terrorism
Referrals for Prosecution Declined by Reason

	Fiscal Year					Total
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Prosecutions Filed	8	7	29	14	57	115
Prosecutions Declined	33	11	29	22	33	128
Percent Prosecutions Declined	80%	61%	50%	61%	37%	53%
Reason Prosecution Declined:	6	5	16	1	4	32
Lack of evidence of criminal intent
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence	4	2	3	7	8	24
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities	5	-	3	3	5	16
No federal offense evident	2	1	2	1	3	9
Suspect deceased	9	-	-	-	-	9
No known suspect	1	-	1	3	2	7
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value	-	-	1	4	-	5
Office policy	-	-	1	1	3	5
Other reasons given:	1	-	1	1	1	4
Agency request
All work completed	-	-	-	-	2	2
Declined per instructions from DOJ	2	1	-	-	-	3
Jurisdiction or venue problems	-	-	1	-	2	3
Juvenile suspect	-	1	-	-	-	1
Lack of investigative resources	-	1	-	1	-	2
Lack of prosecutive resources	-	-	-	-	1	1
Rule 40	1	-	-	-	1	2
Suspect a fugitive	-	-	-	-	1	1
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs)	1	-	-	-	-	1
Suspect serving sentence	1	-	-	-	-	1

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