I havn't read through the whole thread, so if I say something that has been said once before...oh well.
I have been watching this trial on and off since day one, at first I was like "wtf?!?", then I got into it and heard both sides of the story. Yes, its true the media can make someone look like they would do something like molest a child, with there so called "true stories". But hey, everyone gets there opinion.
I was tuned into CourtTV for most of this trial, and listening to these people argue back and forth makes me want to stab myself in the eye. They get so emotionally caught up it seems with one side and completly forget about the other. I hate to get into specifics, but one of the people on CourtTV and CNN was Nancy Grace. I love her because she is blunt and honest, but at the end of the trial, she was so outraged she made a complete ass of herself on both CNN and CourtTV. She would have guests there and talk to them and completly blow them off and barley let any of them complete a sentence. She is no different from anyone else, she took a side. The accusors ofcourse, "OMG! This kid said Michael Jackson molested him, since Michael said he sleeps with children, that means they has teh secks!!". Get real...
Now from my understanding, there was no solid evidence, thats what the prosecution lacked. However, there where a few things that made jacko look bad. One of the main things that hit me was the "I can identify the penis" thing. That kid discribed his genitals to a "T". That is not something you can do if you saw him changing. But again, thats not solid evidence. Another big thing they brought up was the "adult material". There where some magazines with the kids finger prints on it I guess. Again, not solid evidence. There where just so many little things in this case, but nothing that linked Michael Jackson to the alleged molestation.
Honestly, who the **** cares? When I sat there and listened to the audio tape live that day, and watched the fans reactions, it made me think again, who the **** cares? I was watching these people laugh and cry and jump up and down and hug eachother. I just looked at the screen, and wondered what are they getting from this? Because the way they where acting was like they just won the damn lottery. But that alone proves the court reporters point, the celebrity factor is so huge, how the hell can you call it a fair trial?
Yay, time for me to talk about the jury. It was said bluntly and truthfully yesterday on CNN, "They are the stupidest people". I watched most of the interviews, and it was funnies damn thing on live TV. These people COULD NOT give a understandable explanation for there verdict. "Oh, the mother snapped her fingers at me and said thats how it is in our culture and I said its not, and now I don't like her."..... They based there decisions on what they thought personally, not on the evidence, and that is the stupidest thing you can do as a jury. I honestly think they just wanted to get out of there, they where tired of this **** and they wanted to go home and not get shot. Just think of what could have happened if they said he was guilty. You know those fans that where laughing and cheering? They would be on each of the jurors doorstep with a ****ing gun. I honestly think they rendered the verdict in the way they felt was best for thereselfs...
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wow...errr..i kinda got into this ;D