MSNBC: "Jackson could end up in cellblock with Manson, Sirhan Sirhan"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Prison would prove tough for ‘fragile’ Jackson

If convicted, singer could end up in cellblock with Manson, Sirhan Sirhan



"Michael Jackson, 46, acknowledged in a March radio interview that he had never been a great eater. “Elizabeth Taylor used to feed me, hand feed me at times, because I do have a problem with eating.”"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8143731/

LOS ANGELES - As a nervous Michael Jackson awaits the verdict of the jury in his child sex abuse trial, an even tougher future may be awaiting him in a California state prison if he is convicted.

Is Jackson too fragile and rarefied to endure prison? Or have his 40 years in the cutthroat music business made him more resilient than he appears?

“Any celebrity who has lived a life of entitlement is going to have an incredibly difficult time coping with prison,” said J. Randy Taraborrelli, who wrote the 1991 biography “Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness.”

“Despite Mr Jackson’s fame, if he were sentenced to prison he would be a convicted felon and you cannot give him any other rights than any other inmate,” a California prisons spokeswoman said. “But because of his fame, we have to take extra steps to protect his safety,” she said.

[HeeBGBz]

1. Now there's a Surreal Life I'd watch

Where's my Nielsen voting button?

[jswordy]

2. Sigh...irrelevant speculation cuz jury'll hang or acquit. n/t

[arwalden]

6. So If A Jury Is Hung...

... is there an automatic retrial? Or does the prosecutor have to request it?

If so, would the prosecutor in this case be likely to request a retrial?

[jswordy]

7. If a jury is really hung...

...there will be a XXX movie. LOL.

Seriously, if it hung, the prosecutor would have to decide to retry. Not automatic.

With nusoid witnesses, they will not retry if it is a hung jury. Which it will be, unless he is acquitted.

The other very slim possibility is they convict on the misdemeanor alcohol charge, and that's it. No jail time.

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Uh huuuuuh huuuuh!

He said "hung"!!

[Mojambo]

3. It's a reality show waiting to happen n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

4. It would be a crowd-pleasing public execution

Being rich, black, pedophile, popular, and eccentric, would make his death -- likely an ugly jailhouse torture/murder -- a major crowd-pleaser to a number of different "crowds".

That's "crowds" as in "mobs".

At least the stand-up comedian circuit and the Morning Zoos would get some mileage out of it -- until tacky turns to tragic.

--p!

[Swede]

5. I'll give you two cartons of cigarettes for "Diana Ross".

Sold!

[Dogmudgeon]

8. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Congratulations to Swede for First Prison Rape Gag in the thread!

--p!

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Charlie can teach him some of his songs.

Charlie's gonna be trying to get MJ to record his songs when he get out of prison.