June 13, 2005
Verdict
You know that thing where you can't decide what to do so you flip a coin and your first reaction upon hearing the result reveals to you your true feelings? Well, am I crazy that now that the verdict is in (though as of this posting we don't know what it is) I think Michael Jackson didn't do it?
Update, 6:26pm: Not guilty, as everyone and their mother knows by now (actually, the real test of that will be if my mother knows since she's somewhere deep in Siberia right now). Manhattan Transfer has some funny comments (on Jackson, not my mother).
Update, 11:27pm: Dawn Summers has a suggestion as to what Michael should say if he chooses to talk.
Posted by Karol at June 13, 2005 03:57 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Michael+Jackson+Verdict
No, not at all crazy.
I think that he probably did molest little boys repeatedly throughout his freakshow life... however, the facts of this case lead me to believe that IN THIS INSTANCE, he might be 'not guilty.'
That said, the jurors were allowed to take into consideration his past behavior. My guess is that he'll get a mixed verdict and a suspended sentence.
Posted by: Jay at June 13, 2005 04:03 PMMene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
Posted by: Von Bek at June 13, 2005 04:06 PMI hear the whispers in the air, sounding like a glorious RINO from the Keystone State quoting ancinet legal traditions from Scotland. "Not proven."
Posted by: Von Bek at June 13, 2005 04:08 PMI dunno. Some days I think he's guilty, some days I think he's not. So I guess that's reasonable doubt.
Posted by: bobm at June 13, 2005 04:17 PMNot Guilty, although the Prediction Markest disagree.
I really don't think he did it.
That family is a family of grifters.
Posted by: Joseph Weisenthal at June 13, 2005 04:18 PMMy guess is guilty on the alcohol to minors count - not guilty on the rest...
Posted by: Alceste at June 13, 2005 04:38 PMI haven't been following the case much but there's nothing I've heard about it which would lead me to believe he did it.
Posted by: Marco at June 13, 2005 04:50 PMI hope he goes to jail for a long time, so my little brother can finally get a good night of sleep.
Posted by: rachel at June 13, 2005 05:15 PMNot guilty so sayeth the jury.
Posted by: Nick Saunders at June 13, 2005 06:05 PMIs it a crime to be a big ol' freak of nature that makes everybody feel really creepy?
If so, then this was a gross miscarriage of justice.
Otherwise, meh.
Posted by: Jeff Harrell at June 13, 2005 06:46 PMI heard there was an 11th conviction of charges where Michael was found Not Black by the jury.
The 12th conviction, he was found Not Normal.
Reports indicate that when he was standing and waiting to hear the verdict, he was pale as a ghost.
Posted by: Daniel Peterson at June 13, 2005 06:57 PMI think you people need to read the desposition from the 1993 case and then tell me he wasn't guilty. Guilty then, guilty now.
Posted by: ll at June 13, 2005 07:59 PM11, I can believe that Jackson at some point was inappropriate with some kid. I just don't think it was this time with this kid.
Posted by: Karol at June 13, 2005 10:00 PMAll one needs to know is "I want to love you, PYT, Pretty Young Thing. You'll need some lovin, TLC, tender lovin care. And I'll take you there."
Posted by: Toby at June 14, 2005 10:01 AM
