[jude24]

I also think these Marines are innocent. Any Marine Corps member who thinks otherwise is not eligible to sit on the Court Martial.

Wrong. They are entitled to the legal presumption of innocence, but not a prejudice of such.

Would you be open to the prosecution's proof that these Marines committed the atrocities alleged? If not, you would be bounced from a civilian jury (and, I presume, a military court martial). I've seen a juror bounced because, among other things, she was (visibly) rooting for the defense.

[xzins]

“…the accused must be presumed to be innocent until his guilt is established by legal and competent evidence beyond reasonable doubt.” -- Uniform Code of Military Justice, USC Title 10, Chapter 47, Subchapter VII, Article 51(c)(1)

If a prospective jurer asked by an enquiring attorney for the defense, "Do you think Chaplain X is innocent?" and the prosp. jurer said, "No.", then that jurer is tainted at the outset.