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Re: HT - M ICON- MIS06 Michael Jackson- full spec + hi-res pics
Nice collage. Would have to be SC ver out of that lot for me.
Nice collage. Would have to be SC ver out of that lot for me.
As a kid I was also a fan of MJ like everybody.....But I'm totally convinced he abused those kids.In my opinion he was a pedophile.One of the greatest artist in the history of music, but still a Pedo.
In the frenzy of media coverage of Michael Jackson's death, his 2005 trial on charges of child molestation has been dredged up repeatedly, along with insinuations that the verdict was a case of a celebrity "buying justice." I am offended whenever I hear that tired accusation.
Cynics say Jackson went free because he hired the best lawyers. It may seem witty for critics to repeat Robert Frost's comment that a jury consists of 12 persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer, but I think that is nothing more than a "sour grapes" argument, trudged out whenever a celebrity accused is acquitted.
Obviously the quality of a lawyer matters in presenting the best defence possible, but it is pure ignorance to believe any defendant has ever won a case based solely on the fame of his lawyer. I cannot imagine any judge or juror ever explaining an acquittal on that basis. I have no doubt Jackson's lawyers worked exceptionally hard on preparing his case.
It is also an insult to prosecutors to suggest that Jackson's case was decided by his wealth or choice of defence lawyers. The prosecution's lawyers were no slouches, and the prosecution always has tremendous resources available to them.
Remember, the richest man in the world is Bill Gates, and even he lost when the U.S.government prosecuted Microsoft for anti-trust violations. Having served a five month jail sentence, Martha Stewart might also question whether wealth and celebrity can buy freedom.
Think again
If you think you know that Jackson should have been convicted, think again.
The Jackson trial lasted more than three months, and none of it was televised. Even a slow day of trial will usually include at least four hours of testimony. Thousands of words can be spoken during a single day of testimony, but the journalists who covered the trial probably never wrote more than 1,000 words or used three minutes of TV time to try to summarize each day's developments.
The fact of the matter is that reporting a trial is like a game of broken telephone. Do not think that you know what happened in the courtroom just because you followed the case in the news.
One observer who did attend the trial was Andrew Cohen, chief legal analyst for CBS News.
Following the trial he wrote a column addressed to those who were upset with the verdict: "The case against Jackson was so bad that even you would have acquitted him based solely upon the evidence. Yes, it was that bad."
In every democracy that has a constitution, one of the hallmarks of justice is the presumption of innocence. Everyone is presumed to be innocent and is, in fact, innocent unless and until the government proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
If a jury says not guilty, that means, in law and in fact, the person found not guilty is innocent. Whether or not people have difficulty accepting this proposition, it is a central tenet in a free country.
Jackson probably won't be remembered as a saint, but based on the evidence we have, he cannot be remembered as a pedophile, either.
You don't have to forget his unusual relationship with young boys, but you should remember what an acquittal means. It means that in life and in death, Jackson is an innocent man.
-- Edward L. Greenspan is a Toronto criminal lawyer
The second case well...
let me point you in the right direction:
https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Jack...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246939662&sr=8-1
If you want to pretend you know something about this feel free to keep posting your baseless allegations...
This thread is for discussing the Hot Toys action figure..
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Michael Jackson even had little girls there at Neverland too, but you never hear TMZ or E! broadcast about that either. The man never had a valid childhood, his siblings hated him for his fame and all he wanted to due was share the wealth of his fame with children less fortunate. .
The man is clear Shai, if you were a parent would you settle out of court for 3 million with a man who raped your child? I wouldn't, I'd either kill him or put his butt in jail for 10-15 years and make dang sure he went on the National Sex Offender Registry.
No parent in their right mind would just let someone get away with it. Those people baited him into a big brother relationship with those boys, then forced their own children to lie in a court of law. Macauley Caulkin even testified in Jackson's favor when his own parents tried to sue Jackson for raping him. Saying that Jackson never touched him in that way and never touched any of the other children that were around in that way either.
Michael Jackson even had little girls there at Neverland too, but you never hear TMZ or E! broadcast about that either. The man never had a valid childhood, his siblings hated him for his fame and all he wanted to due was share the wealth of his fame with children less fortunate. He took entire children's wings from hospitals to Neverland for a day of fun. Spent millions in charity to help children from broken homes. But no one ever looks at this, they only ever see what vile, slanderous print is out there and judge the man.
A true criminal fights the process with everything he has, look at O.J Simpson, fought everything they threw his way, Jackson took it like a man to prove to people he was innocent. But that's never enough, even on the day of his death a$$hat Perez Hilton had to insult Jackson by saying he was staging all of this just so he didn't have to go on tour.
You really don't come off as educated when you say things about people you seem to know nothing about.
Less argueing, more pics
Less argueing, more pics
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