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# Article 118 (Murder): Court-Martial Data and Trends
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-118-courts-martial/
- Published: 2026-10-30T08:23:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T01:44:44.000Z
- Description: Analysis of the 52 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 118 (Murder).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 118, #trends-hub

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 118

Analysis of the 52 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 118 (Murder).

## By Service

- [Is Army Murder Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 118, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-118-trend-2021-2025/)
- [How Has Article 118 Changed in Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial Since 2017?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-118-trend-2017-2025/)

## Sentences

- [Article 118 Sentences in the Air Force: Confinement and Discharges, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-118-sent-2016-2025/)
- [How Much Confinement for an Article 118 Conviction in the Navy-Marine Corps?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-118-sent-2017-2025/)

## By Rank

- [Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Charged Under Article 118 in the Air Force](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-118-junior-enlisted/)

## Charged Together With Other Articles

- [Murder Plus Assault: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 118 and 128](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-118-and-article-128-charged-together/)

How this data was built: [methodology and known gaps](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/).

**Compare: federal court.** [Murder and Manslaughter: Federal vs. Court-Martial Sentences, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-murder-manslaughter-vs-courts-martial/)

**About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.