Jury reaches a verdict in the Jackson case. (Update - Not Guilty ALL Counts)

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[Dog]

Just breaking...

[svcw]

MJ is a freak yet is worshiped like some deity.

[JCEccles]

Emotional acquittals? Standard defense fare.

And a celebrated pedophile goes free.

[Checkers]

What is Drudge's problem?

[k2blader]

It's interesting that FReepers care so deeply about MJ.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

But isn't that also the prosecution's fault for using them as witnesses? California prosecutors...

[TheSpottedOwl]

I cannot believe it!!! The first 3 counts regarding conspiracy, false imprisonment, and extortion weren't believable to me. The other 7 charges should have been a slam dunk.

The court system stinks, and every person who has been found guilty, or forced to plea bargain, should have their cases reviewed. MJ had child porn for chrissakes! He fed those boys "Jesus juice", aka alcohol, and got off. Look at the evidence posted on the Smoking Gun : ( This is BS!!!! I'd like to see a class action lawsuit happen for those who have been railroaded by disgruntled ex's.

[carl in alaska]

But on a related series of charges, Jackson was found guilty of "bad plastic surgery and an exceptionally creepy kind of weirdness."

[wagglebee]

Please let this be that last we ever have to hear about this disgusting child molesting freak!

[marajade]

Why are you persisting in trying the mother? The mother wasn't the one on trial here, MJ was.

[ALWAYSWELDING]

I agree. As strange an individual as he is, government prosecutor's cannot be permitted to go on a hunt with proven false witnesses to indict someone, even a weirdo like Jackson.

I hope this is a lesson to prosecutor's everywhere. The second you have a witness who has perjured him/herself before, or made false statements to authorities, that's it! No more witness. We can't allow that crap to go on. Even if he is guilty, the state needs to put together an honest charge, not one made by con artists. A prosecutor who becomes emotionally involved, as this one clearly was, has lost his objectivity for establishing an honest charge.

Having said that, I hope this guy has seen the last of "sharing his bed in love". What a lunatic.

[roses of sharon]

Absolutely! The jury found that MJ "loves" all the little boys he sleeps with every nite until puberty!

[Calpernia]

I honestly didn't follow this case that closely. I'm just posting out of disgust.

[Rippersnapper]

How did he get out of the administering booze to minors?

[Howlin]

But isn't that also the prosecution's fault for using them as witnesses?

So what you're bascially saying is just what Jackson wants you to say/think; the family sucks so he can get away with it.

[TUAN_JIM]

My guess is they return to shark attacks. That was the big news all summer 2001 even though the number of attacks was below average. This will hold the media over until somebody accidentally spills coffee on a Koran at Gitmo.

[Texas Deb]

Amen to that!

[svcw]

Oh so true!!!!

[Howlin]

Drudge is a HUGE Jackson fan.

[conservativebabe]

It's like when a woman wasn't really raped because she was promiscuous in the past.

[ohioWfan]

Question, Howlin......

If Jackson picked the cast of characters (which I have no doubt about), how was the jury supposed to find him guilty without credible accusers?

I'm not sure the jurors could find him guilty..........even though he is..........without a better case.