He beat it

After four months of a trial, seven days of jury deliberation and too many late-night jokes to count, the main reaction to Monday’s verdict in the Michael Jackson trial was relief — and that was for the American people. Imagine what Jackson must feel. Would that cable TV would find some news to cover now, instead of returning to the missing-ingenue-du-jour.
Jackson’s acquittal on all counts gave the King of Pop the freedom to return to his Neverland Ranch. Here’s hoping, though, that the singer won’t be able to return to the Neverland of his previous existence, in which he thought he could invite children to share his bed — and inexplicably found parents willing to allow it.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. Barbara James
    Posted June 13, 2005 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

    It’s too bad one’s fame & money is enough to get one off the hook for allegedly committing a felony. I, of course, did not sit on the jury; but I do not feel that Michael Jackson is innocent of all charges.
    I am no attorney, but perhaps the prosecuting attorneys should have settled for “indecent liberties with a child”. That might have not been such a stiff penalty (jail time) but they might have gotten a conviction.
    From what I understood of the testimony, MJ “fondled the “boy” and tried to get the “boy” to fondle him. That coupled with the so called “Jesus Juice” does not constitute, in my mind, “Child Abuse” or “Child Endangement”. As to the “Jesus Juice” did they ever prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this was indeed alcohol?

  2. dan newland
    Posted June 16, 2005 at 7:28 am | Permalink

    Amen Barbara