The jurors did a great job. What a waste of government time and expense.

[genius]

Perhaps, it's time the government started going after real criminals -like Bush.

And I guess the fans won't be burning down the jurors' houses.

[Atman]

1. I'm sorry, by child molesters are "real criminals"

Jesus.

[Walt Starr]

2. Yup, they sure are

and prosecutors need to prove their cases beyond a reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt has become perhaps the single highest priced commodity in the United States today

[genius]

4. Didn't you hear the jury? He's not guilty. He's the victim of a vendetta

The prosecution and the pro-prosecution judge did their best to convict an innocent man but they lost. It was the kids that won because Michael's music is doing a lot more to help kids. The lies and false accustions only attack the faith of the younger generation in their heroes. This was s good day for the good guys.

[Atman]

6. I didn't hear the jury say "he was a victim of a vendetta."

Did I miss something? Or perhaps you're a huge Michael Jackson fan.

I'm happy for you, I suppose, though I am not sure what for. Jackson has a demonstrable history. Being gleeful that the prosecution was sloppy does nothing to stop a child molester from molesting again. You can cry "acquittal" all you want, but that only pertains to THIS sloppy case. It is his history, the stuff that he actually admits to, the previous conduct, that you need to worry about. All serial killers get away with killing...until they don't.

So, great, there was a sloppy prosecution.

Tell that to the parents of the next kid Jackson liquors up and lures to his bed. I'm sure they'll understand.

[rustydog]

3. It is not a waste, this is how the criminal justice system works

You are tried by a jury of your peers (if you so choose) and you let the Govt prove it's case.
the govt couldn't prove its case beyond a REASONABLE doubt, the jury had to acquit.

Not a waste at all. This proves the system works.

[genius]

5. It is a waste when he was only tried because of a vendetta.

The prosecution didn't have a case and they needed to bring in all kinds of ridiculous stuff to try to confuse the jury. It didn't work.

[Atman]

7. There's that word again.

Vendetta.

I heard every word of the jury verdict, and I still can't find the word vendetta........

[ISUGRADIA]

8. Rolling Stone had a great article about the shortcomings of the

procecutor's case and his zeal.

A key sentence to me, "You can dismiss Sneddon as a monomaniacal, headline-hungry bureaucrat and his witnesses as scheming, lying-ass gold diggers, but there's no avoiding the fact that Michael Jackson is, undeniably, one seriously weird motherfucker."

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7203631/michaeljackson?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single2&rnd=1118720383877&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1040