Yes, the prosecution made things unnecessarily complicated and I think the over-rated the jury. THey probably thought, this is so OBVIOUS that MJ is a pedophile, how can any jury be stupid enough or morally lax enough to give him a pass? Well, goes to show you can't underestimate some folks.
Despite that, I think there was more than enough evidence there to convict Jackson of at least the minor charges. The jury just didn't want to "believe" it. There's no such thing as ultimate proof or evidence, like Moses coming down from the mountain with tablets - there's just what the jury chooses to believe. The majority choose - I believe from Day One - to believe he was innocent. The ones who KNOW he is a molester (as several jury members have admitted this) were spineless cowards who gave in to the majority. Since the burden of conviction rests on the jury, I have to give the jury more grief here. They let a pedophile go free. That's wrong, and I can't get around that. He's going to go molest more children. They could have stopped it. So...the jury has the lion's share of the blame.
knowing he is a pedophile, if there is insufficient proof that he commmited THIS CRIME, does not give them the right to convict him. i am with you emotionally, i wanted him convicted, but legally, it is JUST NOT POSSIBLE without sufficient evidence.