Childs play
Michael Jackson has been acquitted and I must agree with the verdict. I'll not address the evidence lest to say that what was admitted into court was unconvincing in the extreme. Many say that we "know" that he did it. And there is some evidence underlying this conclusion. For instance, it has been reported that MJ kept child porn magazines. This indicator of prurient interest in children is very serious. Nevertheless, you must play the hand you are dealt, and frankly the witnesses that attested to MJ's activities where themselves admitted liars and cheats. You cannot distill veracity from their ulterior self-interest. Frankly, had I been a juror, once I learned that the accuser and his mother had previously been convicted of insurance fraud, and the child had admitted lying to others over the instant matter, I would have rejected the states case out of hand.
Even out of court I don't like convicting people based on rumors, I don't think it is a practice worthy of reasonable persons. But a level of caution is perfectly reasonable in this case. MJ is a very strange man. I would never trust his judgment on any issue as it is necessarily clouded with madness. But I have not seen enough evidence to determine if he is a pedophile.
posted by spelunker @ 7:00 AM
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