10 U.S.C. § 825a : US Code - Section 825A: Art. 25a. Number of members in capital cases

Search 10 U.S.C. § 825a : US Code - Section 825A: Art. 25a. Number of members in capital cases

In a case in which the accused may be sentenced to a penalty of
death, the number of members shall be not less than 12, unless 12
members are not reasonably available because of physical conditions
or military exigencies, in which case the convening authority shall
specify a lesser number of members not less than five, and the
court may be assembled and the trial held with not less than the
number of members so specified. In such a case, the convening
authority shall make a detailed written statement, to be appended
to the record, stating why a greater number of members were not
reasonably available.