In the Army, You're More Likely to Be Detained for Drugs Than Sexual Assault: A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals that, on average, Army soldiers had to face at least eight counts of sexual offenses before their commanders jailed them ahead of trial as often as soldiers charged with drug or burglary crimes

Autor: Davila, Vianna, Churchill, Lexi, Larson, Ren, Tsutsumi, Kengo
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Zdroj: Pro Publica; Aug2022, p1-1, 1p, 1 Color Photograph, 4 Black and White Photographs, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: As often as soldiers charged with drug or burglary crimes Soldiers accused of sexual assault are placed in pretrial confinement at lower rates than those charged with some more minor offenses On average, soldiers had to face at least eight counts of sexual offenses before they were placed in pretrial confinement as often as those who were charged with drug or burglary crimes, the news organizations found. GRAPH: Pretrial Confinement Is Used Less Frequently in Sexual Assault Cases; The percentage of sexual assault cases that included pretrial confinement was lower than other types of cases at most Army posts. [Extracted from the article]
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