Jackson Jurors Reach Verdict

[Vulcan]

The mother was obviously the weak link in this case and seemed to be unstable but from following this trial, it seems that child molesters go after vulnerable children from unstable families. The prosecution should have played this up.

[Reaper]

Originally posted by CaptainCrunch@Jun 13 2005, 03:35 PM
I don't know, this was more along the lines that it wasn't proven that he didn't molest the kids, but the defense muddied the waters enough to throw in reasonable doubt by attacking the mother.

You can't prove a negative. How would someone prove that he didn't molest those kids? You can't, that is why it is the prosecution's burden of proof to show that he did commit the crime.

To have to prove that he didn't do anything kind of makes it guilty until proven innocent, don't you think?

[transplant99]

For anyone wondering what it was exactly he was charged with...found this.

Count one: Conspiracy involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion, including 28 specific acts between Feb. 1 and March 31, 2003. Verdict: Not guilty.

_Counts two through five: Lewd act upon a child under the age of 14, between Feb. 20 and March 12, 2003. Verdicts: Not guilty.

_Count six: Attempt to get a child under age 14 to commit a lewd act upon Jackson between Feb. 20 and March 12, 2003. Verdict: Not guilty.

_Counts seven through 10: Administering an intoxicating agent — alcohol — to assist in the commission of child molestation. Verdicts: Not guilty.


First 6 counts are all A felonies...he was looking at life in prison if convicted.

[Clarkey]

This guy is a spectacle, a modern day freak show. He's been in the news every day for the last year. If he does do the vegas thing as is rumored, people will go to see him and he will make money.

He's just like Mike Tyson, people like to watch a freak and they'll pay to see it. Hell, the two should get together and do the Mike and Mike show. I really don't know if he did it or not but his 'people' better keep him the hell away from kids for his own good.

[Hack&Lube]

I'm sure he has had some paedophillic tendancies in his life, but have any of you guys really been keeping up with this case?

It was sunk from day one, all the news coming out of it day by day was bad for the prosecution. I can't believe how many of you predicted a guilty verdict. I truely believe that Jacko certainly has many problems, but he just really wants to be a kid again...and it makes him insane...but he just wants to be a kid who never grows up.

Like Macaulay Culkin said, when he was growing up, all adults wanted out of him was to use him in order to make money, but when he was hanging out with Jackson as a childstar himself, it was innocent fun.

The credible and decent people willing to testify on Jacksons behalf FAR FAR FAR outweighed the evidence and testimony of the witnesses brought by the procesecution. Most of them were crooks, had dubious backgrounds, and were generally shady people that the jurors didn't trust at all. The prosecution had frankly, a horrible case.

And as far as people saying how this trial was about a freak and a spectacle...it turns out people don't really care. All the networks got horrible ratings for Jackson. It's completely different from O.J.

Here's an interesting article about his unhealthy fascination with vanity, fame, and celebrity with some video links as well that shows just how twisted some of his thinking is...but as far as being guilty for child molestation, I still think he's innocent.

"I've always suspected that Jackson encouraged many of the tabloid tales of his eccentricity -- stories such as the one about him sleeping in an oxygen tank or wanting to buy the Elephant Man's bones. He bought into the Howard Hughes mystique so heavily that he thought that the more eccentric he appeared, the greater the public fascination.

And it may have worked for a while, but it backfired when his music lost its appeal. He became so driven to outsell "Thriller" -- believed to be the biggest selling album in world, ever -- that he began to try to design the music to fit various demographics and various radio formats."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-et-hi...-home-headlines

[Cheese]

A sad man is Mr Jackson...however that said, I followed this case purposefully and quite frankly based on all of the info, he deserved to be set free. The holes in the mothers accusations were big enough to drive a truck through. For every single accusation presented the defence had 4 reasons against the same. Simply said, there was doubt.

That said, jacko better get his shinguard together fast, cuz regardless of anything else IF he ends up in court again he is going to jail guilty or not.

[tjinaz]

I am failing to see how the mother and the accuser would make money out of this? If this was extortion they would not have involved the Police. This trial was simply a criminal case, they would not award damages to the victim.

The mother and the victim never lost nor gained the right to write a book or sue in civil court. How are the mother and the victim out for Michael's money on this?