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August 09, 2005
Can A Jury Be Tried?
The problem with jury trials in America is that juries in America have to be made up of Americans. And with some notable exceptions, we're just not a very sharp lot.
A case in point: just a few weeks removed from the Michael Jackson Touches Little Boys Trial, two of the jurors who acquitted him are now doing interviews saying they regret it, and that they're sure Jackson did Beat It with the Pretty Young Thing.
"No doubt in my mind whatsoever, that boy was molested, and I also think he enjoyed to some degree being Michael Jackson's toy," [juror Eleanor] Cook said.
No doubt in your mind that the boy was molested? No doubt? And yet you voted to acquit? And you also think he enjoyed it? Somebody fetch me a rope.
Cook and Hultman said they agreed to go along with the other jurors when it became apparent that they would never convict the pop star.
Wait... you felt he was guilty, but when you thought that you couldn't get a conviction, you just rolled over and changed your vote and let a man you believed was guilty to go free? That just might be the most gutless, chickenspunk piece of garbage I've ever heard. Quite frankly, if you're not capable of standing up for what you believe is the truth, then you're flat out unworthy to serve on a jury. And if you're that unable to withstand peer pressure, well... more girls like you should have gone to my junior high.
Added Cook: "I'm speaking out now because I believe it's never too late to tell the truth."
Well, except for when you're in a jury room, apparently.
Of course, there is another possibility. It's possible that Cook and Hultman, instead of being spineless cowards who let walk a man they believed to be a child molester, are just trying to stir up interest in their upcoming book deals. If that's the case, they ought to be taken to court by Jackson for slander.
Look, I think the freak did it. I think he's touched more 13 year old weiners than the hot dog vendor at Yankee Stadium. But if two jurors who voted to acquit are now choosing to say publicly that he's actually guilty, just so they can sell more books, then they ought to be called on it. And not just for the profits of the book, either; they ought to be taken for what they had before their book deals, too.
The perfect sentence for these two? Their grandkids should have to spend a shirtless month at Neverland Ranch.
Comments
mmmm, no one deserves that punishment. You should retract your last statement. Your not thinking of the kids.
Jackson was as guilty as OJ. Reasonable doubt is all you need to win a case, not innocence. They'll get a smoking gun someday, maybe the third time will be the charm.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at August 9, 2005 09:47 PM
I say the State of California and Santa Barbara County should file some sort of legal action against these freakin' stupid people for the wasted taxpayer money.
Oh...Oh...the other jurors are bad because they bullied us into saying something we didn't want to say.
What ever happened to "doing the right thing" Guess that is so passe when it won't rake in millions for you in book deals.
Sue these bastards. I want my tax money back.
Posted by: jillian at August 9, 2005 10:56 PM
