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Article 120b (Rape and Sexual Assault of a Child): Court-Martial Data and Trends
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).
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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
- How Has Article 120b Changed in Air Force Courts-Martial Since 2016?
- Fewer or More? Child Sexual Abuse Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017–2025
Sentences
- How Much Confinement for an Article 120b Conviction in the Army?
- How Much Confinement for an Article 120b Conviction in the Air Force?
- What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Conviction?
Contested Cases and Acquittals
- How Often Are Contested Army Article 120b Cases Acquitted?
- Fighting a Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Charge: How Contested Cases Ended
Guilty Pleas
- Pleading Guilty to Article 120b in the Army: What Sentences Followed?
- Guilty Pleas in Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases: How Often, and What Came Next
- Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases: How Often, and What Came Next
By Installation
- Article 120b at Fort Hood Before and After 2024
- Article 120b at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Before and After 2019
- Child Sexual Abuse Cases at Okinawa, Japan: 2017–2018 vs. 2019–2022
- Did Child Sexual Abuse Cases at San Diego, California Change After 2024?
- 15 Child Sexual Abuse Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington, 2014–2018: What the Records Show
- Child Sexual Abuse Charges at San Diego, California, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
Year by Year
- How Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2016
- Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2017: The Year in Numbers
- How Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2018
- Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers
- Child Sexual Abuse at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2020: The Year in Numbers
- Child Sexual Abuse at Army Courts-Martial, 2021: The Year in Numbers
- Child Sexual Abuse at Army Courts-Martial, 2022: The Year in Numbers
- Army Article 120b Cases in 2023
- How Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2024
- How Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2025
- How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2017
- Child Sexual Abuse at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2018: The Year in Numbers
- Child Sexual Abuse at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers
- How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2020
- How Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ended in 2021
- Navy-Marine Corps Article 120b Cases in 2025
By Rank
- Army Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Army
- Air Force Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Air Force
- Navy-Marine Corps Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120b in the Navy-Marine Corps
Charged Together With Other Articles
- Child Sexual Abuse Plus General Article: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 134
- When Article 120 and Article 120b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Child Sexual Abuse Plus Attempt: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 80
- Articles 120b and 128 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 120b and Article 82 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 120b and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Child Sexual Abuse Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 92
- When Article 107 and Article 120b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
Charged Together, by Service
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 120b and Article 128
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 120b and Article 128b
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 134, 2021–2026
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 92, 2021–2025
- Article 120 With Article 120b in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 120b With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 120b With Article 80 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 120b With Article 82 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 134, 2021–2026
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 80, 2021–2026
Counsel of Record
- Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 120b Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026
- Who Defended Contested Army Article 120b Cases? Defense Counsel Experience, 2023–2026
Across the Services
Judge Alone or Members
- Contested Army Article 120b Cases Decided by Members (A Panel)
- Contested Army Article 120b Cases Decided by a Military Judge Alone
What the offense covers: Article 120b on the law firm's website.
How this data was built: methodology and known gaps.
Compare: federal court. Child Sexual Abuse and Enticement: Federal Cases vs. Article 120b 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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.