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Sexual Offense (Criminal)

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

Decided cases
226
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
12%
27 granted · 199 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
¶ 32(a)177
¶ 32(b)125
¶ 32(d)92
¶ 32(c)76

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).

  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 4 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 3 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 19-03523 granted · 2022
    The applicant in this case was a 34-year-old employee of a defense contractor who applied for a security clearance in April 2019. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) issued a St
  • ISCR 19-02658 granted · 2021
    The applicant in this case was a 59-year-old defense contractor seeking a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns under Guidelines D
  • ISCR 07-00186 denied · 2009
    The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old married man with a background in the U.S. Navy and current employment as an engineer for a defense contractor. The adjudicative guideline at issue was Guid
  • ISCR 16-03603 denied · 2019
    Applicant was a 40-year-old senior test engineer who had been employed by a defense contractor since 2004. He faced allegations under multiple adjudicative guidelines, specifically Guideline J (crimin

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