Guideline D: Sexual Behavior
Sexual behavior involving a crime, coercion, lack of discretion, or vulnerability to pressure.
633
decided hearing cases
20%
granted
The specific issues, and how they fared
Criminal sexual conduct
13% granted · 268Sexual behavior (unspecified)
23% granted · 244Compulsive sexual behavior
14% granted · 96Prostitution / solicitation
25% granted · 88Child pornography involvement
17% granted · 83Extramarital relationship with coercion risk
17% granted · 46Mitigations judges credited most
Successful rehabilitation
8
Rehabilitation
5
No evidence of emotional instability
1
No longer serves as basis for coercion
1
No longer serves as a basis for blackmail
1
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
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Descriptive statistics from decided public DOHA cases. Not legal advice or a prediction. † marks samples under 20 cases.