This is particularly true in cases of alleged physical abuse.
Every boy involved, the prosecution said, was 10 to 13 years old at the time of the alleged abuse.
But because the alleged sexual abuse had taken place in Brooklyn, the case moved across the river and began to lose steam.
There is no evidence that any alleged abuse of the system involved judges.
During the next few months more and more stories was being reported about alleged abuse of the system by former soldiers.
The Military, meanwhile, said it would conduct its own investigation into the alleged abuse.
How much did President Bush know about the alleged abuse?
The police did not provide details on the alleged abuse.
The fact that the alleged abuse took place decades ago makes little difference.
The three unidentified male patients, now ages 21, 25 and 26, were 9- to 12-year-old boys when the alleged abuse occurred from 1991 to 1996.