> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Article 120b (Rape and Sexual Assault of a Child): Court-Martial Data and Trends - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-courts-martial/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:34:38.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:47:53.000Z - Description: Analysis of the 761 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 120b (Rape and sexual assault of a child). - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 120b, #trends-hub [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 120b Analysis of the 761 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 120b (Rape and sexual assault of a child). ## By Service - [Fewer or More? Child Sexual Abuse Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-trend-2021-2025/) - [How Has Article 120b Changed in Air Force Courts-Martial Since 2016?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-trend-2016-2025/) - [Fewer or More? Child Sexual Abuse Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-trend-2017-2025/) ## Sentences - [How Much Confinement for an Article 120b Conviction in the Army?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-sent-2021-2025/) - [How Much Confinement for an Article 120b Conviction in the Air Force?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-sent-2016-2025/) - [What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-sent-2017-2025/) ## Contested Cases and Acquittals - [How Often Are Contested Army Article 120b Cases Acquitted?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-acq-2021-2025/) - [Fighting a Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Charge: How Contested Cases Ended](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-acq-2017-2025/) ## Guilty Pleas - [Pleading Guilty to Article 120b in the Army: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-plea-2021-2025/) - [Guilty Pleas in Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases: How Often, and What Came Next](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-plea-2016-2025/) - [Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases: How Often, and What Came Next](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-plea-2017-2025/) ## By Installation - [Article 120b at Fort Hood Before and After 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-hood-article-120b-before-after-2024/) - [Article 120b at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Before and After 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-120b-before-after-2019/) - [Child Sexual Abuse Cases at Okinawa, Japan: 2017–2018 vs. 2019–2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/okinawa-japan-article-120b-before-after-2019/) - [Did Child Sexual Abuse Cases at San Diego, California Change After 2024?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-120b-before-after-2024/) - [15 Child Sexual Abuse Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington, 2014–2018: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-article-120b-2014-2018/) - [Child Sexual Abuse Charges at San Diego, California, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-120b-2013-2018/) ## Year by Year - [How Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2016](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-2016/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2017: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-2017/) - [How Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-2018/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-2019/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2020: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-2020/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Army Courts-Martial, 2021: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-2021/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Army Courts-Martial, 2022: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-2022/) - [Army Article 120b Cases in 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-2023/) - [How Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-2024/) - [How Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-2025/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2017](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2017/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2018: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2018/) - [Child Sexual Abuse at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2019/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2020](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2020/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2021/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Article 120b Cases in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-2025/) ## By Rank - [Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-junior-enlisted/) - [NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Army](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-ncos/) - [Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-junior-enlisted/) - [NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Air Force](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120b-ncos/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-junior-enlisted/) - [NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Navy-Marine Corps](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-ncos/) ## Charged Together With Other Articles - [Child Sexual Abuse Plus General Article: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 134](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [When Article 120 and Article 120b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-120b-charged-together/) - [Child Sexual Abuse Plus Attempt: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 80](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [Articles 120b and 128 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [When Article 120b and Article 82 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-82-charged-together/) - [When Article 120b and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Child Sexual Abuse Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 92](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [When Article 107 and Article 120b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-120b-charged-together/) ## Charged Together, by Service - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 120b and Article 128](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 120b and Article 128b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-128b-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 134, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 92, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Article 120 With Article 120b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-120b-charged-together/) - [Article 120b With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Article 120b With Article 80 in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [Article 120b With Article 82 in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-82-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 134, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 80, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120b-and-article-80-charged-together/) ## Counsel of Record - [Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 120b Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-trial-counsel-experience-2023-2026/) - [Who Defended Contested Army Article 120b Cases? Defense Counsel Experience, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-defense-counsel-experience-2023-2026/) ## Across the Services - [Article 120b Across the Services: Cases, Pleas, and Sentences, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-across-the-services-2021-2025/) ## Judge Alone or Members - [Contested Army Article 120b Cases Decided by Members (A Panel)](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-contested-members-2021-2025/) - [Contested Army Article 120b Cases Decided by a Military Judge Alone](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) What the offense covers: [Article 120b on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com). 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.** [Child Sexual Abuse and Enticement: Federal Cases vs. Article 120b Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-child-sexual-abuse-enticement-vs-article-120b/) **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.