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Not Guilty!!!!!

Michael Jackson is not guilty.

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He can live to molest another day.

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He was proven rich so he couldn't go to jail.

I think its about time we rethink the justice system of this country.

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Bad case, little evidence, bad witnesses. Not a surprise. The justice system works just fine: you need to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. No one doubts that he's a weirdo, and my guess is that he's a molester. But the prosecution did not prove that he did the crimes he was accused of. And that was a mostly white jury in Santa Barbara--a conservative place, to say the least--who got to hear all about prior "bad acts." If they didn't buy it, why should we?

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And then I GET convicted of speeding when I was never on radar. The officer said, "You LOOKED like you were speeding."

The rich run this country.

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lol. You need Sean Taylor's attorney.

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If He Can Get Off That Means Taylor Will Get A Model Citizen Award!!!

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the jury was just to scared to find him guilty, they didn't want their decision to cause a riot. there was no way they were ever going to find "the micheal jackson" guilty. the american justice system is a joke.

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Wolfeskins, Hijinx, and others who think the justice system stinks,

I understand your sentiments - it often looks like the guilty go free, judges are running amok, and personal injury lawyers are getting rich off the backs of others. However, I respectfully disagree. Our justice system is fine - it's the people in it that are flawed. Unfortunately, there are no perfect people and so there are no perfet systems. Ultimately, our system, more than any other, relies on the people (in the form of juries) to reach just results. If juries are too quick to award million dollar verdicts for frivolous claims or juries are letting criminals go free, it's the jury system - and thus the people - that you likely have the problem with; not the justice system.

I personally think the jury system is better and more democratic than other justice systems and I have faith in the people - even though they too make mistakes. As for the Jackson trial, the evidence was limited, the prosecution made a lot of mistakes, and proving someone is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt is a tough standard to meet. But, it's better that the guilty go free than the innocent go to jail.

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i respect your opinion RAMSEYFAN but i stand by my earlier post. i truly believe the american justice system is flawed and almost always reaches the wrong decisions when it comes to high profile cases.
call it the jury if you want because they are the ones who say the words guilty or not guilty but i think the whole system needs to be evaluated.

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[quote]And then I GET convicted of speeding when I was never on radar. The officer said, "You LOOKED like you were speeding."[/quote]
Did you get convicted, or did you just pay it? Also, how did he decide how much $$ you paid. It's a base amount per mile over the speed limit. So did he give you a lesser offense (failure to obey a traffic sign?)

As far as Jackon goes, he's wacky. He's crazy. He likes to be around children, and unfortunately that makes him a target for greedy parents. This childs mother is an abomination and should be sent to jail, not Jackson. The prosecution couldn't prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he did anything wrong. I think there's a reason all those people said that he was not guilty on all 10 counts. All 10.

Thomas Jefferson once said that I'd rather let 1000 guilty men walk rather than make one innocent man go to jail. (Paraphrased, wording was slightly different. What he was saying is only do it if you're sure. I feel we need to spend more time doing that in this country. If Jackson was hands down a child molester, put him in jail. However, I want some real evidence. Especially when the kid he "molested" told his guidance counsler at school that Jackson didn't do anything -- you don't have much of a case.

Our jails are too crowded as is and we put people in for puny things. Let's save jail spots for the real criminals, not petty things.

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I got charged with reckless driving which was what he "thought" I was doing. I was doing five miles over the speed limit and NOTHING was reduced. It was complete bullshit.

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this was a truly flaky case... still, his defense was "sure i slept with a lot of children, but i didn't molest all of them..."

so he stays out of jail, but everyone still knows that he loves touching kids.

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Michael Jackson didn't have sex with those children...

...he made LOVE to them.:vomit-smi

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This was a case of a rotten complaining witness. The family accusing him had admittedly perjured themselves when suing JC Penney's by falsely accusing a security guard of molesting the same child. That makes them difficult to believe.

Now here's the sick part. Did Michael Jackson seek out a victim who either (a) wouldn't be around to complain - he was a cancer patient, or (b) wouldn't be believed if he did go to the law? I don't know if either of those suppositions are true, but it's a very disturbing thought.

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Indeed it is. Just like I was reading in the article on CNN, just because he was found innocent of THOSE charges doesn't mean he's an innocent man.

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The bottom line is the prosecution had too many holes in their case. Like it or not, there just wasn't enough to have a guilty verdict.

My question is what's up with the people outside the court house who were celebrating and acting like idiots? Why do people care? Do they know him personally??

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Yeah, and it's people who are hardly from his generation. They act like he was the savior to music. There weren't that many people for OJ when he got acquitted and his charges were MUCH more serious.

I guess molesting kids isn't as serious as killing someone.

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What I don't understand is why the media is covering the Jackson trial when we've got troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, threats from terrorism, the Bolton hearings, etc.

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Seriously. Of all thats that dominate the news THAT should not be one of them...

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While I totally agree with you in spirit, you can't be at all surprised at the media frenzy. C'mon! Warped child-hood star turned superstar with the biggest selling album EVER (53 mil and counting?) creates bizarre Peter Pan world with young boys, "jesus juice", a chimp named Bubbles, a hyperbaric chamber, the elephant man's bones, Latoya, etc.,etc., is charged by the same prosecutor who failed to get him in 1993, with a money gubbing lunatic Mother, a suspicious but clearly exploited boy, Super laywers, legions of lunatic fans outside--and you want them NOT to cover this??? Media is a business, and this sort of crazyness sells soap!

The war is reality, this is pure fantasy. And it's not like the Bush team really wants us to be focusing on Iraq... (This last bit was political--take it or leave it. BUt the rest is just sociology and economics.)

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JWsleep - I love how you put Elephant Man's bones right next to LaToya. The larger attracton at a freak show would be hard to call.

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What about Joe himself. You can see where they got all those genes.

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Yeah, right. The weird apple falls not far from the tree. And they all seem to have the same plastic surgery now.

But I will stand by this claim: put on Thriller at a party, and the people will dance. THey may be a bit embarrased at first, but they will dance.

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Thriller is definitely one of the greatest songs of ANY generation. I also love "Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough"

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whats 12 and gets micheal jackson off ???


























a jury !!

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:doh:

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Wolfeskins and JWSleep,

Those were some damn funny posts. Just the words "Jesus juice" and the name "bubbles" make me hysterical - thanks for reminding me.

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You can't make this stuff up! ;)

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[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]Wolfeskins and JWSleep,

Those were some damn funny posts. Just the words "Jesus juice" and the name "bubbles" make me hysterical - thanks for reminding me.[/QUOTE]

I saw this picture of Jackson and Bubbles cuddling.. Aww...:vomit-smi

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Part of me wanted him to be found guilty but only if he were to recieve psychiatric care cuz either by his own hand or anothers, he wouldn't last more than a couple days in gp.
It's still very sad and disturbing that a person myself and many many others loved for his music, has lost such a huge grasp on his idea of reality and plummeted so far from the perch he was once put on by some people.
we've started to see it already with some people, but do u guys think more people will remember and still enjoy the majority of his music, or will this and the previous charge forever make the majority of people forget his past acheivements and refuse to listen or acknowledge any of his work?

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Honestly, if his body could take MORE plastic surgery, I would love to see him turn himself black again, and restructure his face to look like he did pre-Thriller. It could be an episode of "I Want a Famous Face" and Michael Jackson could say, "I want to look JUST like Michael Jackson and not an alien covered in laquer".