Yup.

Jackson found not guilty on all counts. Now I must go wash my brain for actually watching the verdicts live on Fox News... Who cares. The man is a freakshow still.

Well, Michael was acquitted of all charges.

California is now 0-3 in trials against celebrities. Maybe some new prosecutors are needed that can put together cases with evidence that will not be so easily challenged by the defense.

WTB combining all these threads into one not so big thread.

I always wash my brain after watching Fox News. If I'd watched the verdicts there it'd be melting out my ears. Given the endless media attention a guilty verdict would produce, this is the best outcome for anyone who wants to turn on a cable news channel any time within the next 6 months. Was it justice? I don't really want to go there. Just glad it's over...

I'm so god damn pissed that Geraldo won't shave his moustache now.

WTB combining all these threads into one not so big thread.
Sold.

I was betting Malse just before the verdict that it would be not guilty. I still think he probably did it though.

I always wash my brain after watching Fox News. If I'd watched the verdicts there it'd be melting out my ears. Given the endless media attention a guilty verdict would produce, this is the best outcome for anyone who wants to turn on a cable news channel any time within the next 6 months. Was it justice? I don't really want to go there. Just glad it's over...

Fox News is the only Tv news I can watch. I just can't believe I actually sat through this hour of pedophile jackson coverege..

I don't think he did it in this case, I think the family that accused him is just way to dirty to even try this case. I DO think he did the 93 one though. No way anyone would pay someone 20 mil just to have the story go away. If he did indeed do this, the boy can blame his mother for a lack of conviction. The fact that she's levied countless frivilous lawsuits and has no credibility ultimately led to this verdict.

I don't think he did it in this case, I think the family that accused him is just way to dirty to even try this case. I DO think he did the 93 one though. No way anyone would pay someone 20 mil just to have the story go away. If he did indeed do this, the boy can blame his mother for a lack of conviction. The fact that she's levied countless frivilous lawsuits and has no credibility ultimately led to this verdict.

Agree 100%. She had no credibility....

kinda like the Priest scandals.. the first accusation could be true but the rest are just band wagon jumpers

"kinda like the Priest scandals"

I'm quite sure only 1 boy ever got molested by a catholic priest, the rest of them were sure starved for attention. I always wanted to be on TV as a kid, why didn't I think to point at a disgustingly wrinkly older gentleman and say "he had sex with me!"

With our shitty legal/court system, I'm not really surprised by this. He could have probably confessed and still been found not guilty.

Well on one of the networks I was watching they had the best Idea yet. He did not change afyter the 93 ncident doubt he will change after this one so They reccomended that he get a with lack of a better term a babysitter. I think that he will tryto reclaim his king of pop title but over seas I think that if he tries to do anything with in the next 6mos-1 year in the us it will end up hurting him more.

The claims aren't mutually exclusive. Michael Jackson can be a child molester at the same time the family can be money grubbing litigation whores. I do feel robbed in one respect: if he'd been rendered guilty, Jackson would have to surrender all prosthetics not deemed medically necessary: wig and (perhaps) nose, in particular. Call me a sucker for grotesquerie.

But you know the legal system: easier to nail jello to a wall than to convict rich, white celebrities.

But you know the legal system: easier to nail jello to a wall than to convict rich, white celebrities.

hehe

But does anyone here doubt that he is a molestor?

It's truly sad that the prosecutors in CA can't land convictions for celebs. I didn't follow the trial so if he really was innocent well I'm wrong in my thinking he should have gone to jail. However, hearing rumors that some of the jurors claim he probably was guilty but that the prosecution couldn't prove it just takes away more of my dwindling faith for our legal system.

I don't think the legal system failed, I think the prosecutor failed. Some people were saying that the prosecutor had a vendetta against Jackson for the last failure to convict.

Either way, the prosecutor has a duty and a responsibility... to bring EVIDENCE to court and to present that evidence in a manner that leaves no reasonable doubt about guilt or innocence.

Did Jackson molest the young man? Possibly, but I don't think so in this case. Has he done so in the past with other young boys? Probably.

The failure here was not the legal system... it did what it was supposed to do... acquitted in the face of a lack of compelling evidence. Was it right, was Jackson innocent, was this the outcome that served "justice"? Probably not. However, the fact that Jackson went free tells us that the system works, even in the light of the circumstances.

I don't belive he was guilty, in this case, but I don't think he's innocent either.

The burden of proof lies with the prosecution and in this case, they screwed up and did not have a strong case. They shouuld have waited for better evidence, they should have done their homework better and they should have known that there would be enormous media interaction.

The justice system worked, the prosecutor's office didn't.

Better luck next time... and there probably will be a next time. Jackson is probably a child molester, they just have to get concrete evidence. He will eventually slip up and hopefully he will get caught.

For some reason while watching him walk out of the court room with all the people cheering..I had this feeling the world was going to watch some nut job blow his brains out before he got into his truck and drove away.

Ibudin -- you're dark. I don't even want to think about the media coverage that would have drawn.

Any parent that allowed their child to go to his ranch after the first trial deserves whatever molestation their child gets. Jackson should have been convicted the first trial but since he wasn't people shouldn't go there.

Kind of like this Fildien: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/
Media thrives on violence and wanton mayhem. As to the Jackson thing, I think he should have been put away. Every time I look at him I get the chills.

Any parent that allowed their child to go to his ranch after the first trial deserves whatever molestation their child gets. Jackson should have been convicted the first trial but since he wasn't people shouldn't go there.

Ack Phel, perhaps I'd agree if it was the parent bearing the brunt of this decision. But it's not, it's the kid and they're too damn young to know of what they do...

Fandros

What? The kids are bearing the brunt of the decision about whether or not to go to MJ's happy place? Does no one think that the parents are the ones who should decide where and where not to let their 8 year old kids?

Man, they should assemble an impartial group of people, present all the facts to them, let them decide -- and then we we can just move on with things.

Too bad no one would be impartial on that case Palimax. I'm sure everyone in the US and beyond has heard of Michael Jackson, and would have a viewpoint on it.

If they could fill a jury full of newly-awakened people who've been in a coma since the 80's, that might be possible!

you don't have to be ignorant of a situation to be impartial. Impartial doesn't mean you can't have any knowledge of the case, just that you can make a fair decision about the case when presented with the evidence.

And yet, despite lingering allegations and a poisoned public persona, they still found him innocent.

Sure, he's creepy weird, but, he's not guilty.

Get. Over. It.

agreed

Well, yeah. They decided whether he was a big perv or not, but did they ever manage to find out whether he was black or white?

Doubt it ;).

but it doesn't matter if you're black or white!!