Article 119b (Child Endangerment, Numbered Since 2019): Court-Martial Data and Trends
Analysis of the 123 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 119b (Child endangerment, numbered since 2019).
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Analysis of the 123 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 119b (Child endangerment, numbered since 2019).
By Service
- Army Article 119b Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025
- Fewer or More? Child Endangerment Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017–2025
Sentences
- What Sentence Follows an Army Child Endangerment Conviction?
- What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Child Endangerment Conviction?
Contested Cases and Acquittals
- Fighting an Army Child Endangerment Charge: How Contested Cases Ended
- Not Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Article 119b Cases: What Happened at Trial
Guilty Pleas
- Guilty Pleas in Army Child Endangerment Cases: How Often, and What Came Next
- Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Child Endangerment Cases: How Often, and What Came Next
By Rank
- Army Child Endangerment Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 119b in the Army
- Navy-Marine Corps Child Endangerment Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Facing Child Endangerment Charges?
Charged Together With Other Articles
- Articles 119b and 128b in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Articles 119b and 128 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Articles 119b and 134 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 119b and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 119b and 120 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
Charged Together, by Service
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 119b and Article 128b
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 119b and Article 134, 2021–2025
- Article 119b With Article 128 in the Army: What the Records Show
Counsel of Record
- Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 119b Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026
- Who Defended Contested Army Article 119b Cases? Defense Counsel Experience, 2023–2026
Judge Alone or Members
How this data was built: methodology and known gaps.
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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.