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Prostitution or Solicitation

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.

Decided cases
90
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
24%
22 granted · 68 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 14(b)104
¶ 14(c)84
¶ 14(d)83

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • evidence of reform and rehabilitation · credited in 1 granted case
  • no longer serves as a basis for blackmail · credited in 1 granted case
  • passage of time without recurrence of similar conduct · credited in 1 granted case
  • rehabilitation · credited in 1 granted case
  • successful rehabilitation · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 17-02785 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 59-year-old professional engineer and business owner who sought a security clearance for a position with a defense contractor. The Department of Defense issued a State
  • ISCR 18-00387 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 43-year-old married man with two children, who had been employed as a computer programmer for a defense contractor since 2014. The Department of Defense issued a State
  • ISCR 17-00810 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 42-year-old management specialist employed by the Department of Defense (DOD) as a contractor in Afghanistan. The adjudicative guidelines at issue included financial c
  • ISCR 18-00685 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 48-year-old cybersecurity specialist employed by a defense contractor. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns under Guidel

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