[Eagles6]

We know these guys just didn’t pick “a man on the street”. Since the jury wasn’t allowed to know who this “poor, crippled grandfater and former saddam policeman” was, will it be grounds for appeal?

[Stonewall Jackson]

Am I correct in my belief that this guy was a former Bathist who had been working with the terrorists on the planting of IEDs, and the locals were so scared of this guy and his buddies that they refused to do anything about him?

Or is my brain fried from just pulling a double-shift?

[El Gato]

Since the jury wasn’t allowed to know who this “poor, crippled grandfater and former saddam policeman” was, will it be grounds for appeal?

Courts Martial do not have juries, they have panels, or simply "The Court". The Judge is not "The Court" as in a civilian trial. The board of officers, and enlisted in the case of an enlisted defendant who wants them, is the Court. The Court is also both prosecutor and defense, in that they can ask direct questions of witnesses, unlike the jury in a civilian trial. They are also the jury of course, since they determine the facts in the case and how to apply the laws and regulations to those facts.

[El Gato]

Since the jury wasn’t allowed to know who this “poor, crippled grandfater and former saddam policeman” was, will it be grounds for appeal?

Who was it that "didn't allow" the members of the court to know this?