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| Sig Christenson |
Sig Christenson of the
San Antonio Express-News has
this report on the Pentagon's latest sexual assault data. "The Defense Department said 6,236 reports were filed by service members in fiscal year 2019, which ended Sept. 30. It was 6,053 in 2018. The Air Force saw a 9 percent jump from the previous year, a continuation of a long-term trend." Mr. Christenson adds:
The report stated a sexual assault offense warranted discipline in 1,630 cases in the 2019 fiscal year, with 795 cases seeing court-martial charges preferred, 363 going to trial and 264 ending in conviction.
Charges were dismissed in 91 cases. One in five, 360 cases in all, were settled in nonjudicial punishment, where outcomes remain secret. Another 29 percent, 475 cases, ended in administrative discharge or other adverse administrative action.
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