Juror: Jackson 'Probably' A Molester

NBC10.com ^ | June 14, 2005

[beyond the sea]

Sometime down the road, probably in some resort in Bankok

He's going to need a different nose over there in Bankok to breathe that great humid air.

;-)

[BigCinBigD]

Every last one.

[ZULU]

Hultman said "that doesn't make sense" to him.


Very little about Jackson makes sense.

[E Rocc]

The jury was "star struck" You could see it in their eyes,especially that Red headed woman. A celebrity can not be convicted of a crime in California.

Out of all the "celebrity trials" not involving rappers, perhaps the weakest case was in the Tyson trial, and that was one of the only convictions.

-Eric

[niteowl77]

Jackson: Jurors 'Probably' Enablers

If the jurors had kept their mouths shut, I might feel different, but they didn't, and I don't. Twelve angry situational ethicists got their fifteen minutes of fame... and they sure showed that trashy mom what they thought of her.

[GOP_Proud]

Has someone been telling jurors "leave your common sense at the door"?

I think some people don't know the definition of "reasonable".

[JarheadFromFlorida]

[[One of the jurors who acquitted Michael Jackson on all counts said he believes the pop star is "probably" a molester, but the prosecution didn't prove it.]]

PROBABLY a molester? There ain't no probably about it. Anybody that doesn't want to believe at this point that this freak is not a child molester just doesn't want to believe it. I hope this juror can sleep at night knowing that he put Jackson back on the street to molest another day.

[RetSignman]

If you seen the interview with some of the people on the jury you can see why they set him free, none of them could explain, intellectually, what brought them to their conclusion.

[L,TOWM]

I still don't know why they did'nt vote guilty on the misdemeanor "lewd acts with a minor". Everyone, even MJ on videotape, admits that he and the kid slept on the same bed together. That works for me.

At least convict him of something so he would be an official "sex offender".

[muawiyah]

There is no double jeopardy problem if he commits a new crime against another kid.

[thomas16]

One juror let MJ off the hook because the mom snapped her fingers at her! This moron and the rest of the jurors let a pedophile go because they don't like the mom. The mom I think has real mental problems, mom isn't innocent but neither is MJ.

So I guess this means if the parents are challenged in any way, a pedophile can have is way with their kids? How do these people sleep at night?

[Wolfie]

In America, "probably" is not enough enough to deprive even a circus freak of it's freedom.

An elusive concept, apparently.

[stopem]

I would be very interested to know who in this bunch is a Democrat.

Let me put it this way, their hero MJ is a dem and anyone who could find him not guilty couldn't possibly be a Republican. That whole group looked like a bunch of dims to me.

[Always Right]

If I had any question a man was a pervert intent on raping little boys, there would be NO QUESTION how I would vote.

Our system does not lock up everyone who we think might have committed a crime. Our system is based on rights of the citizens and to lock someone up we have to be most certain. It's hard in cases like this, but I am still glad we have our system and not yours.

[Alberta's Child]

I didn't expect Jackson to be convicted of child molestation, mainly because it didn't seem to me that the prosecution made a very strong case. My only surprise was that he wasn't even convicted of the minor offenses (serving alcohol to children, for example) that the defense didn't really contest at all.

The basic problem with this case is that jurors had to decide which assortment of characters -- the Jackson entourage or the family of the accuser -- was more credible. In one sense, I think justice was truly done in this case. I said way back at the start of this trial that it didn't seem right for Jackson to face charges of molesting children while all those families who allowed their children to sleep over at that freak's ranch -- especially after the accusations of child molestation began to surface.

[Sam Cree]

"it's too much of a double jeopardy risk."

I believe it would have to be the same *incident* rather than same location or type of crime to qualify as double jeopardy. But I agree that the DA is going to be leery of trying this again. Looks like, guilty or no, the case wasn't strong enough this time.

[laredo44]

I would be very interested to know who in this bunch is a Democrat.

I'd say it's a good bet their all liberals.

[BibChr]

Another juror said she wonders why the accuser was allowed to stay with Jackson so long -- saying no mother "in her right mind" would let her child just go off and sleep with someone, Michael Jackson or anyone else.

Yes, and this proves that Michael Jackson — you know, the actual accused — was innocent because...?

Dan

[Always Right]

Let me put it this way, their hero MJ is a dem and anyone who could find him not guilty couldn't possibly be a Republican. That whole group looked like a bunch of dims to me.

Not true at all. The problem was the prosecution overcharged in this case and lost credibility with the jury. By including the kidnapping and conspiracy charges which were weak, they opened the door for not guilty on all the charges. An effective prosecution keeps it simple and only uses its best evidence and only makes charges it can prove.

[laredo44]

My only surprise was that he wasn't even convicted of the minor offenses (serving alcohol to children, for example) that the defense didn't really contest at all.

The fact that they didn't convict on the alcohol charges calls their entire process for determining guilt into question in my opinion. Has anyone asked jurors why the didn't?