Freak acquitted on all counts...

[sidriptide]

i saw a headline yesterday it said...
"Jackson will no longer allow children or families to sleep in his bedroom"

DUH!!

the system worked properly once again... i am just ashamed that the prosectution in some of these high-profile cases was such a hack-job...

 

[XJEEPER]

Can't believe I'm posting on this thread...

I agree with Gil, TRNDRVR, and Matt. It was the prosecution's job to prove BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT that he was guilty of the charges. They had to prove absolute 100% guilt. Which they could not do.

As long as the defense is able to instill the tiniest amount of doubt in the jurors' minds, a defendant can NOT be found guilty. Same as the OJ and Blake trials. There was the slightest possibility that all three of these guys were innocent. And that's all that's needed. That is how our judicial system works.

It doesn't matter what we think of these people personally. I think they're all guilty. But if you don't have irrefutable proof, they are "innocent". Accept it and move on.

Take a chill pill dude.....it's called comedy...or in this case, bizarro humor gone awry.
I understand the judicial system...no wait, I understand how the judicial system is structured to properly function and supply justice to society. Due process has taken place, the freak has been acquitted of these charges. They did, however, find him guilty of impersonating a bulemic middle aged white man....lady....

 

[Joe]

vodka and kool-aid party to follow!

My sympathies to the state of California...

They couldn't get OJ do you really think that the clown would go down. Come on, after the court he went back home and had a party all kids invited.

 

[8Mud]

My information is a little dated. But a drive around the Santa Maria area (away from the tourist strip) in the Santa Barbera mountains and you could shake some pretty wierd people out of the woodwork. There was a time, I hung out in that area a lot (went hunting on the other side of the mountain/hillbilly heaven). Imagine most of the swimming holes, full of guys fairly free with there sexuality, living side by side, with cowboys, mountain men, religious sects and some really wealthy people, of different flavors. Most of the exotics and/or eccentrics are fairly harmless, but there is no shortage of them. Actually the same area, former President Reagan lived in, he always struck me as a Loius L' Amour fan, he lived not far from a guy, that had a power gathering abstract giant obilisck in his front yard.
When they say jury, of his peers, it may be closer to the truth, than you think.
A lot of free thinkers in that area, or there used to be, when I hung out there. The Santa Barbera jail, was voted, one of the 6 best in the country, by those who know. My brother spent some time in jail there, said he got a little tired of Mc Donalds, but the big screen TV, the entertainment room and the library were first class. Generally the people around there (or used to be), are pretty friendly folk and seem like, live and let live types, not exactly liberal, but tolerant.

 

[Sarge]

I have an idea! To solve this problem we can just change our legal code(or whatever contains things like this) from "innocent until proven guilty" to "guilty until proven innocent" the latter sure sounds like fun doesnt it?

Ya mean like the military? No thanks.

Sarge

 

[seemyzwheelie]

I gotta get in my 2 cents as well...
First, I think it is strange that a grown man WANTS lil kiddies to sleep in his bed.

I think it is nice he wants to have a fun place for lil kiddies to play during the day, BUT, I think they need to have a Motel 6 put up at Neverland or sumtin...
AND think about it... he has been accused before... he MUST have hundreds of his atterneys and close family and friends telling him to chill out on the slumber partys. And what SANE person would go out of their way to instigate such a problem... what is he thinking... "hmmm, i know i have been accused before, but i really dont see anything wrong with sleeping with little boys......."
I mean, I didn't follow the case, and maybe, just maybe he really is not guilty (i personaly dont buy it)....
but if thats the case, why would he still do all those "nice" things for kids AFTER being accused of this stuff years ago.... and he paid that kid big $$$,$$$,$$$ to settle out-of-court as well.
Why would ANYBODY put themselves in a situation like this after suspicion has already been aroused (punn really not intended!) ???
Let alone a guy that HAD more money than God!

All I am saying is, if i were a "super nice" guy who liked to spent time with kids, I would have lawyers and family telling me to watch what I do and not put myself in a situation that could be turned into an acusation (like letting a lil kid in my bed at night) and I would either have to be really really really really dumb, or have some sort of "motovation" to risk such a severe acusation....

Not that I have any plans to do so, I'm just saying even a "average joe" like me would have peeps tellin me thats not cool, let alone if I were a rich mo-fo, who is a target for stuff like this...

I say the DA goes after the parents...
1 for being stupid enough to let their kid hang out there....
2 for being scum bags and ruining ANY credibility that kid would have
and 3 for ruining his case....

there, i feel much better now...