Who was the sh*t that was the judge?
IIRC, the problem was that the prosecution used lying, false witnesses to build their case. I don’t know if it he judge was part of the problem, or he just bought the prosecution’s case as presented.
What stank about this, is that once it was realized that he was innocent, it looks like the Navy felt they had to get him on something, hence the photograph charge.
Others, please jump in.