Military Took No Action against A Third of All Sexual Assault Suspects in 2010 Closed Cases
The U.S. military failed to act against more than 30% of those accused of sexual assault in 2010, according to a new report (pdf) from the Department of Defense’s Inspector General (IG).
The Pentagon’s IG reviewed 501 sample sexual assault cases from the 2,263 cases closed three years ago, and found 33% of the suspects or “subjects” in those cases fell into the category of “no action taken.”
“No action taken” meant the suspects were not subject to adverse or disciplinary action as a result of the allegation.
The military took no action against 187 individuals, according to the IG, while 141 subjects were categorized as either unknown, or accused of “unfounded offenses.”
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