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[3 de junio] 73º Día de Juicio: Noticias y Fotos.
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Al final el jurado no se quedara a deliberar mas tiempo porque atencion, "No hay dinero para pagar la seguridad". Comprenderan en USA lo que significa horas extras? :cuñao
En CourtTv han dicho q la familia Jackson ha ido a Neverland y han estado rezando todos juntos.
En CourtTv han dicho q la familia Jackson ha ido a Neverland y han estado rezando todos juntos.
En CNN dicen que el jurado seguirá el dia lunes a la mañana. Pero dicen que ahora tienen más libertad con respecto a los horarios. O sea, pueden comenzar un poco mas tarde, y tambien pueden terminar un poco más tarde.
Tambien dijeron que no van a estar aislados este fin de semana (esto me parece increíble
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Tambien dijeron que no van a estar aislados este fin de semana (esto me parece increíble
)After Mesereau's closing argument and a prosecution rebuttal, Judge Rodney S. Melville ordered jurors to begin their deliberations and gave them 98 pages of instructions. He told Jackson he could stay at Neverland during deliberations but attorneys would have to stay within 10 minutes of the courthouse in case the jury had questions that needed to be addressed.
[Agencia AP]
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Tras acabar Mesereau y Zonen los argumentos finales, el juez Melville ordeno a los jurados comenzar con las deliberaciones y les dio 98 paginas con instrucciones. Dijo que durante las deliberaciones Jackson puede estar en Neverland pero los abogados tienen que estar unos 10 minutos en la corte en caso de que el jurado tenga preguntas.
[Agencia AP]
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Tras acabar Mesereau y Zonen los argumentos finales, el juez Melville ordeno a los jurados comenzar con las deliberaciones y les dio 98 paginas con instrucciones. Dijo que durante las deliberaciones Jackson puede estar en Neverland pero los abogados tienen que estar unos 10 minutos en la corte en caso de que el jurado tenga preguntas.
Tuzki
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Han enviado al jurado a casa durante el fin de semana después de retirarse para considerar sus veredictos. Después de finalizar los argumentos de la acusación y de la defensa, el juez Rodney Melville, envió a los miembros del jurado hacia la sala dónde han estado durante alrededor de dos horas deliberando en Santa Mónica, California.
{Recopilación de CNN, Fox News & Sky News}
{Recopilación de CNN, Fox News & Sky News}
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Jackson enfrentaría varios años de cárcel en caso de ser declarado culpable.
Poco después, cuando el jurado entró en deliberaciones, Jackson salió del tribunal con rostro sombrío, y caminó despacio hacia los vehículos de su comitiva que lo esperaban frente al edificio, donde había bailado sobre el techo de uno de ellos el día que fue instruido de cargos.
Esta vez, el artista de 46 años se marchó en uno de los autos sin formular comentarios.
Jackson ha tenido un aspecto demacrado en días recientes, y funcionarios del hospital Santa Ynez Valley Cottage en Solvang revelaron el viernes que el artista había visitado su sala de emergencia la noche anterior. Pero la portavoz del hospital, Janet O'Neill, rehusó indicar la causa de su presencia en el lugar.
La mañana del viernes Jackson pareció también demacrado, pero llegó al tribunal a tiempo con sus padres, sus hermanas Janet y LaToya y sus hermanos Jermaine, Tito y Randy. El artista apretó el brazo de su madre mientras caminaba hacia el interior del tribunal.
Algunos de los 75 curiosos congregados frente al edificio gritaron: "¡Michael es inocente!"
Las deliberaciones del jurado son el último paso de una odisea legal que comenzó hace 14 semanas, cuando el juez Melville explicó a los jurados que Jackson había sido acusado de abusar del menor.
Los ocho mujeres y cuatro hombres del panel han escuchado desde entonces más de 130 testigos, entre ellos el acusador de 15 años y tres jóvenes, incluyendo al actor Macaulay Culkin, quienes afirmaron que en su infancia pasaron temporadas con Jackson en Neverland y nunca fueron objeto de abusos.
La mañana del viernes, Mesereau concluyó sus dos días de alegatos con una súplica vehemente para que se declarase inocente a su representado, y se concentró en restar credibilidad al acusador y su familia, a los que calificó de mentirosos, urdidores de patrañas y timadores.
"Lo que tratan de hacerle a Michael Jackson es tan dañino, tan brutal, tan devastador... si ustedes tienen la menor duda razonable acerca de las ambigüedades las mentiras, no hay más que hablar", dijo Mesereau. "Ustedes tienen que declarar inocente a Michael Jackson".
Poco después, cuando el jurado entró en deliberaciones, Jackson salió del tribunal con rostro sombrío, y caminó despacio hacia los vehículos de su comitiva que lo esperaban frente al edificio, donde había bailado sobre el techo de uno de ellos el día que fue instruido de cargos.
Esta vez, el artista de 46 años se marchó en uno de los autos sin formular comentarios.
Jackson ha tenido un aspecto demacrado en días recientes, y funcionarios del hospital Santa Ynez Valley Cottage en Solvang revelaron el viernes que el artista había visitado su sala de emergencia la noche anterior. Pero la portavoz del hospital, Janet O'Neill, rehusó indicar la causa de su presencia en el lugar.
La mañana del viernes Jackson pareció también demacrado, pero llegó al tribunal a tiempo con sus padres, sus hermanas Janet y LaToya y sus hermanos Jermaine, Tito y Randy. El artista apretó el brazo de su madre mientras caminaba hacia el interior del tribunal.
Algunos de los 75 curiosos congregados frente al edificio gritaron: "¡Michael es inocente!"
Las deliberaciones del jurado son el último paso de una odisea legal que comenzó hace 14 semanas, cuando el juez Melville explicó a los jurados que Jackson había sido acusado de abusar del menor.
Los ocho mujeres y cuatro hombres del panel han escuchado desde entonces más de 130 testigos, entre ellos el acusador de 15 años y tres jóvenes, incluyendo al actor Macaulay Culkin, quienes afirmaron que en su infancia pasaron temporadas con Jackson en Neverland y nunca fueron objeto de abusos.
La mañana del viernes, Mesereau concluyó sus dos días de alegatos con una súplica vehemente para que se declarase inocente a su representado, y se concentró en restar credibilidad al acusador y su familia, a los que calificó de mentirosos, urdidores de patrañas y timadores.
"Lo que tratan de hacerle a Michael Jackson es tan dañino, tan brutal, tan devastador... si ustedes tienen la menor duda razonable acerca de las ambigüedades
las mentiras, no hay más que hablar", dijo Mesereau. "Ustedes tienen que declarar inocente a Michael Jackson".
Tuzki
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Después de últimos argumentos y de las instrucciones del juez al jurado, Michael Jackson se enfrenta a lo que su portavoz llama "el juego de la espera" mientras que los miembros del jurado deliberan un veredicto en la sala. La estrella del pop aparecía pálido en la Corte y fue tratado según se informa el viernes anterior en un hospital. Cuando reconvoquen los miembros del jurado, tendrán que tratar con 14 semanas de testimonios con más de 130 testigos para determinarse si la estrella del pop es un depredador sexual de muchachos jóvenes o de una víctima de una conspiración . "Él se siente aliviado al ver que esto llega a su fin" dijo a su portavoz, Raymone Bain. "Él tiene una gran confianza en el sistema de la justicia, y él es quién espera y cree que el jurado va a absolverlo de estos cargos” “ésta ahora es la parte más dura -- el juego de la espera”.
{Recopilación de CNN, Fox News & Sky News}
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At the end of his close, Mesereau showed jurors snippets of a videotape showing Jackson talking about children and the like. The defense wanted it shown to humanize Jackson and try to convince jurors that he is a harmless child himself with kooky but not criminal designs. Perhaps the tape did that, but it also reinforced for jurors just how creepy the defendant is; just how odd he is for saying the things he says. I mean, who wants to have a party for animal stars like Lassie? Jackson. It was not the brightest or most effective way to end what otherwise was a stellar presentation.
After Mesereau sat down, Zonen stood up and had the final word. We expected him to be dramatic but he was not. He was measured, and firm, but offered no grand flourish before he sat down. As expected, he played for jurors a seven-minute portion of the videotape of an interview the police had with the young accuser, the one that was so dramatic and effective when it was played for jurors last week at the end of the prosecution's presentation. And then Zonen told jurors: "You just witnessed the seven worst minutes of this young boy's life." He was molested by Michael Jackson, a person close to him."
Zonen rebutted some of the points that Mesereau had made during his closing remarks but for the most part allowed the young accuser to speak for himself. And then he ended on a fairly tepid note. "The accusations" against Jackson "are not false," Zonen told the panel. "They are entirely accurate, entirely appropriate, and entirely trustworthy." If you ask me, that end to this case was entirely too unemotional and powerful-like when a politician endorses a candidate you can tell he doesn't particularly like.
[Andrew Cohen - CBS News]
Mesereau enseño a los jurados un extracto de los outtakes del living donde entre otras cosas MJ se defendia diciendo q nunca habia sido traicionado por niños, etc... Luego siguio Zonen con su rebuttal, no fue dramatico sino firme y puso un extracto de 7 minutos de la cinta que puso hace una semana, y dijo que "esos habian sido los 7 peores minutos despues de que Jackson abusase de el". Zonen refuto algunas cosas de las dichas por Mez pero la mayoria de las veces hablaba por boca de Gavin, y al final dijo que las acusaciones contra MJ no son falsas, que son creibles.
After Mesereau sat down, Zonen stood up and had the final word. We expected him to be dramatic but he was not. He was measured, and firm, but offered no grand flourish before he sat down. As expected, he played for jurors a seven-minute portion of the videotape of an interview the police had with the young accuser, the one that was so dramatic and effective when it was played for jurors last week at the end of the prosecution's presentation. And then Zonen told jurors: "You just witnessed the seven worst minutes of this young boy's life." He was molested by Michael Jackson, a person close to him."
Zonen rebutted some of the points that Mesereau had made during his closing remarks but for the most part allowed the young accuser to speak for himself. And then he ended on a fairly tepid note. "The accusations" against Jackson "are not false," Zonen told the panel. "They are entirely accurate, entirely appropriate, and entirely trustworthy." If you ask me, that end to this case was entirely too unemotional and powerful-like when a politician endorses a candidate you can tell he doesn't particularly like.
[Andrew Cohen - CBS News]
Mesereau enseño a los jurados un extracto de los outtakes del living donde entre otras cosas MJ se defendia diciendo q nunca habia sido traicionado por niños, etc... Luego siguio Zonen con su rebuttal, no fue dramatico sino firme y puso un extracto de 7 minutos de la cinta que puso hace una semana, y dijo que "esos habian sido los 7 peores minutos despues de que Jackson abusase de el". Zonen refuto algunas cosas de las dichas por Mez pero la mayoria de las veces hablaba por boca de Gavin, y al final dijo que las acusaciones contra MJ no son falsas, que son creibles.
moecín
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Los acusadores de Jackson son artistas de la estafa: abogado
Los acusadores de Jackson son artistas de la estafa: abogado
NOTIMEX
Los Angeles, 3 de junio. Visiblemente demacrado, luego de ser hospitalizado brevemente el pasado jueves por síntomas de una gripe, Michael Jackson acudió hoy al cierre del juicio que se lleva en su contra por presunto abuso sexual a un menor.
Voceros de un hospital de Santa Ynes confirmaron que el llamado rey del pop acudió para un chequeo médico, luego de que ayer concluyó la audiencia en la Corte de Santa María, para ser atendido de malestares como manos frías, temblor y cuerpo cortado.
Jackson acudió este viernes inexpresivo, tenso y con caminar casi autómata y despeinado, acompañado de sus padres Joe y Catherine además de sus hermanos La Toya, Janet, Tito, Randy y Jermaine, todos vestidos de traje negro, al igual que él.
"Los acusadores de Jackson están ante la mas grande estafa de sus vidas", puntualizó Tom Mesereau, abogado del cantante, al hablar en los argumentos finales ante las ocho mujeres y cuatro hombres que constituyen el jurado que deberá emitir su veredicto en breve.
Mesereau enfatizó que la familia de John Doe, como se conoce de manera ficticia al menor de 15 años, abusado en febrero o marzo de 2003 por Jackson en su rancho Neverland, "son unos artistas de la estafa", por su historial de demandas para ganar compensaciones.
"En sus acciones ilícitas ellos sólo necesitan que ustedes les ayuden en sus propósitos", enfatizó el abogado de la enorme cabellera blanca.
"Desesperada la fiscalía no pudo presentar evidencias físicas del presunto abuso sexual que pudieran mostrar que el menor fue molestado y por eso trajeron los casos de hace una década para sustentarlo", puntualizó.
No hay fecha para
el veredicto
Analistas no han podido coincidir en el tiempo en que se podrá conocer el veredicto de inocencia o culpabilidad ya que los miembros del jurado recibieron del juez Rodney Melville un folleto de 95 páginas para revisar los 10 cargos criminales que enfrenta el cantante.
Se cree que la intervención de Mesereau será de unas dos horas y después de esto cada parte tendrá el derecho de replica para después el juez entregar el caso al jurado que deberá deliberar en privado y decidir en el tiempo que ellos consideren necesario.
Jackson esta acusado de conspiración para secuestrar a la victima y a su familia, para trasladarlos a Brasil para que no le causaran problemas tras la difusión de un video en el que Jackson aparece tomándole la mano a su acusador.
Otros cargos del artista de 46 años y considerado el mas grande vendedor en la historia de la música, son actos lascivos e intento de actos lascivos a un menor, y dar bebida embriagante con el propósito de cometer el abuso sexual.
La víspera, la fiscalía exhibió a Jackson como un depredador y pedofilo consuetudinario que ha abusado en diversas ocasiones a menores de edad.
De ser hallado culpable de los 10 cargos criminales, Jackson podría enfrentar una pena de alrededor de 20 años en una prisión californiana.
Los acusadores de Jackson son artistas de la estafa: abogado
NOTIMEX
Los Angeles, 3 de junio. Visiblemente demacrado, luego de ser hospitalizado brevemente el pasado jueves por síntomas de una gripe, Michael Jackson acudió hoy al cierre del juicio que se lleva en su contra por presunto abuso sexual a un menor.
Voceros de un hospital de Santa Ynes confirmaron que el llamado rey del pop acudió para un chequeo médico, luego de que ayer concluyó la audiencia en la Corte de Santa María, para ser atendido de malestares como manos frías, temblor y cuerpo cortado.
Jackson acudió este viernes inexpresivo, tenso y con caminar casi autómata y despeinado, acompañado de sus padres Joe y Catherine además de sus hermanos La Toya, Janet, Tito, Randy y Jermaine, todos vestidos de traje negro, al igual que él.
"Los acusadores de Jackson están ante la mas grande estafa de sus vidas", puntualizó Tom Mesereau, abogado del cantante, al hablar en los argumentos finales ante las ocho mujeres y cuatro hombres que constituyen el jurado que deberá emitir su veredicto en breve.
Mesereau enfatizó que la familia de John Doe, como se conoce de manera ficticia al menor de 15 años, abusado en febrero o marzo de 2003 por Jackson en su rancho Neverland, "son unos artistas de la estafa", por su historial de demandas para ganar compensaciones.
"En sus acciones ilícitas ellos sólo necesitan que ustedes les ayuden en sus propósitos", enfatizó el abogado de la enorme cabellera blanca.
"Desesperada la fiscalía no pudo presentar evidencias físicas del presunto abuso sexual que pudieran mostrar que el menor fue molestado y por eso trajeron los casos de hace una década para sustentarlo", puntualizó.
No hay fecha para
el veredicto
Analistas no han podido coincidir en el tiempo en que se podrá conocer el veredicto de inocencia o culpabilidad ya que los miembros del jurado recibieron del juez Rodney Melville un folleto de 95 páginas para revisar los 10 cargos criminales que enfrenta el cantante.
Se cree que la intervención de Mesereau será de unas dos horas y después de esto cada parte tendrá el derecho de replica para después el juez entregar el caso al jurado que deberá deliberar en privado y decidir en el tiempo que ellos consideren necesario.
Jackson esta acusado de conspiración para secuestrar a la victima y a su familia, para trasladarlos a Brasil para que no le causaran problemas tras la difusión de un video en el que Jackson aparece tomándole la mano a su acusador.
Otros cargos del artista de 46 años y considerado el mas grande vendedor en la historia de la música, son actos lascivos e intento de actos lascivos a un menor, y dar bebida embriagante con el propósito de cometer el abuso sexual.
La víspera, la fiscalía exhibió a Jackson como un depredador y pedofilo consuetudinario que ha abusado en diversas ocasiones a menores de edad.
De ser hallado culpable de los 10 cargos criminales, Jackson podría enfrentar una pena de alrededor de 20 años en una prisión californiana.
En MJJSource han puesto un articulo con mucha info, os pongo lo que aun no se habia puesto aqui
Day 66: If you have any reasonable doubt about the lies, it's over. You must acquit Michael Jackson
Fuente: MJJsource / AP / AFP
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A little before 12:30 p.m. Friday, the panel of eight women and four men filed into the deliberation room, where they will sift through nearly 700 pieces of evidence, and rely on their recollections and notes from the testimony of 140 witnesses as they determine whether Mr. Jackson is guilty.
Jurors spent about two hours deliberating before going home for the weekend. They are not sequestered and will resume deliberations Monday.
Mr. Mesereau, using the testimony of renowned child molestation expert, Dr. Eslin, explained to jurors that most false claims of child molestation come from children who are 10 years old and up and where the main attraction is money. Under oath, Dr. Eslin explained that these false accusations are particularly common in children that have parents with a history of deceptive behavior.
When asked by investigators how he learned ‘right from wrong’, the accuser stated, “I just kind of figured it out for myself.”
Using court transcripts, Mr. Mesereau showed the jury the overwhelming history of deception by both of the accuser’s parents, citing many incidents including their admitted lying under oath in their JC Penney case (for which they received $152,000) and the mother’s many incidents of welfare fraud (including fiiling for emergency welfare just days after receiving the settlement from JC Penney) as well as the continual acts of perjury of the accuser and his brother. On one occasion, Mr. Mesereau pointed out, when the accuser’s brother testified to one of many things that was in direct conflict with his grand jury testimony, he accused the court reporter of getting it wrong in the transcript.
(...)
In nearly four hours over two days, the defense attorney blasted away at the prosecution's timeline, pointed out small inconsistencies in page after page of transcribed statements from the accuser and his family, showed evidence of the family’s compulsive addiction to celebrities and revisited a history of legal actions and fraudulent welfare claims made by the accuser's mother — all in the hopes of convincing jurors that the case against Mr. Jackson was built on greed and fraud.
"It only takes one lie under oath to throw this case out of court — you can't count all the lies in court told by this family," Mr. Mesereau said. "How many does it take to show you this case is a fraud?"
Mr. Mesereau stated to jurors that the main piece of evidence lacking in this case is something called a ‘pre-text phone call.’ He went on to explain that this is a call that is almost always made when police are alerted to such an alleged crime. Interpreting this commonly used tactic to jurors, he said that this is a call made from the alleged victim to the accused where the victim asks certain questions specifically designed to illicit incriminating statements from the accused. This call is recorded and then becomes the main piece of evidence in the case. Mr. Mesereau stated that, when asked by police, this accuser refused to make such a call to Mr. Jackson. Consequently, there are no incriminating statements made by Mr. Jackson in this entire case.
Mr. Mesereau also noted to the jury that the accuser, at the age of 8, had accused his own mother of abusing him. Shortly thereafter, he retracted his accusation.
The biggest red flag, Mr. Mesereau said, was that the family went to see two lawyers and a psychiatrist before ever going to police with allegations of abuse.
One of those lawyers, civil attorney Larry Feldman, who won more than $20 million from Mr. Jackson in a 1993 settlement for another 13-year-old boy, Jordie Chandler, who also accused Mr. Jackson of molesting him. Chandler did not testify during the current trial.
"What they're trying to do to Michael Jackson is so harmful, so brutal, so potentially devastating to him," Mr. Mesereau said, referring not only to Mr. Jackson's current accusers and their attorneys, but also to the Santa Barbara County prosecutors who the defense believes still holds a vendetta against Mr. Jackson. The same prosecutors had to abandon their 1993 investigation when Chandler took the millions in exchange for silence.
The jury got the case on a day marked by an impassioned plea by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. for Mr. Jackson's acquittal. He said Mr. Jackson is not the "monster" that prosecutors have portrayed, and he said the accuser and his family fabricated the molestation allegations to take advantage of Mr. Jackson.
"They are trying to profit from Michael Jackson. They think they have pulled it off. They are just waiting for one thing — your verdict."
He added: "If you look in your hearts do you believe Michael Jackson is evil in that way? Is it even possible? It really is not."
With regards to the alcohol charges, Mr. Mesereau stated passionately to the jury, “Michael Jackson could not even conceive of giving alcohol to a child or to this young cancer victim, he just could not even conceive of it.”
During his rebuttal, Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen sought to answer the defense lawyer's question.
"Why would Mr. Jackson do it? Because he could," Zonen offered the unsubstantiated argument. "This child was in love with him. This child would do anything he said."
(...)
At day's end the court announced that a live audio feed will be provided to news media on verdict day. No TV or radio coverage was allowed in the courtroom during the trial. Photography was also barred.
(...)
Mr. Mesereau spoke about the American system of justice and said, "We have the best system in the world and ladies and gentlemen I'm begging you to honor the system. ... You must acquit him."
He accused prosecutors of trying to "dirty up Michael" because they lack the evidence to prove their case.
"The witnesses are preposterous, the perjury is everywhere," Mr. Mesereau declared. "None of it works. The only thing they've had is to throw dirt all over the place and hope it sticks."
"If you convict him of anything, they are going to make millions," Mr. Mesereau said of the family who accuses Mr. Jackson of molesting the teenage cancer survivor.
"They're just waiting," Mr. Mesereau continued. "Waiting for the biggest con of their careers — right here — they just need you to help them, that's all."
Mr. Mesereau played excerpts from a video in which Mr. Jackson denied sexual impropriety and said he had never "been betrayed or deceived by children." The attorney closed by telling jurors that Mr. Jackson had been lax with his money and had let the wrong people into his circle but was not the "monster" prosecutors had portrayed.
(...)
Mr. Mesereau told jurors that the mother had a knack for conniving celebrities out of cash, using her son's illness to sway favor. He pointed to the $20,000 given to the family by comedian Louise Palanker, a $2,000 check Mr. Jackson's videographer gave her after she told him "tales of woe" and the $1,500 actor Chris Tucker gave the family for the boy's medical bills, although the treatment was covered by insurance.
He asked jurors to doubt the words of the accuser when he told investigators for the first time in a July 2003 taped police interview that Mr. Jackson molested him about five times at Neverland and gave him wine and liquor almost every night.
Study the child's demeanor, Mr. Mesereau said, as he "lies about wanting to leave Neverland because he was scared." The boy testified in court that he did not want to leave because he was enjoying himself.
Scoffing at claims that his soft-spoken client was the kind of man who could plot conspiracies of abduction and false imprisonment, Mr. Mesereau said, "His generosity knows no bounds because the man has a wonderful, kind heart,"
Mr. Meserau reminded the jury that ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’, did not mean ‘probably guilty or highly likely guilty’, but that they must be absolutely sure, BEYOND any reasonable doubt.
Prosecutors asked jurors not to have any sympathy for Mr. Jackson or to think about any of the consequences that could befall him if convicted.
Mr. Mesereau informed jurors again that the accuser and his younger brother, who was not molested but says he witnessed two acts against his brother, have until the age of 18 "before the clock starts ticking on a civil suit." The mother may still sue Mr. Jackson as well.
Mr. Mesereau beseeched the jurors;
"You have the power in your hands to make them rich and they'll never have to work a day in their lives. You have that power."
“They cannot prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt and the prosecutors never should have brought the case once they learned who (this accuser’s family) was.”
“You must, under this legal system, throw this case where it belongs… out the door!”
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Para ver el articulo completo -> http://mjjsource.com/main/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=588&Itemid=32
p.d.: Mez, simplemente bravo :bravo:
Day 66: If you have any reasonable doubt about the lies, it's over. You must acquit Michael Jackson
Fuente: MJJsource / AP / AFP
(...)
A little before 12:30 p.m. Friday, the panel of eight women and four men filed into the deliberation room, where they will sift through nearly 700 pieces of evidence, and rely on their recollections and notes from the testimony of 140 witnesses as they determine whether Mr. Jackson is guilty.
Jurors spent about two hours deliberating before going home for the weekend. They are not sequestered and will resume deliberations Monday.
Mr. Mesereau, using the testimony of renowned child molestation expert, Dr. Eslin, explained to jurors that most false claims of child molestation come from children who are 10 years old and up and where the main attraction is money. Under oath, Dr. Eslin explained that these false accusations are particularly common in children that have parents with a history of deceptive behavior.
When asked by investigators how he learned ‘right from wrong’, the accuser stated, “I just kind of figured it out for myself.”
Using court transcripts, Mr. Mesereau showed the jury the overwhelming history of deception by both of the accuser’s parents, citing many incidents including their admitted lying under oath in their JC Penney case (for which they received $152,000) and the mother’s many incidents of welfare fraud (including fiiling for emergency welfare just days after receiving the settlement from JC Penney) as well as the continual acts of perjury of the accuser and his brother. On one occasion, Mr. Mesereau pointed out, when the accuser’s brother testified to one of many things that was in direct conflict with his grand jury testimony, he accused the court reporter of getting it wrong in the transcript.
(...)
In nearly four hours over two days, the defense attorney blasted away at the prosecution's timeline, pointed out small inconsistencies in page after page of transcribed statements from the accuser and his family, showed evidence of the family’s compulsive addiction to celebrities and revisited a history of legal actions and fraudulent welfare claims made by the accuser's mother — all in the hopes of convincing jurors that the case against Mr. Jackson was built on greed and fraud.
"It only takes one lie under oath to throw this case out of court — you can't count all the lies in court told by this family," Mr. Mesereau said. "How many does it take to show you this case is a fraud?"
Mr. Mesereau stated to jurors that the main piece of evidence lacking in this case is something called a ‘pre-text phone call.’ He went on to explain that this is a call that is almost always made when police are alerted to such an alleged crime. Interpreting this commonly used tactic to jurors, he said that this is a call made from the alleged victim to the accused where the victim asks certain questions specifically designed to illicit incriminating statements from the accused. This call is recorded and then becomes the main piece of evidence in the case. Mr. Mesereau stated that, when asked by police, this accuser refused to make such a call to Mr. Jackson. Consequently, there are no incriminating statements made by Mr. Jackson in this entire case.
Mr. Mesereau also noted to the jury that the accuser, at the age of 8, had accused his own mother of abusing him. Shortly thereafter, he retracted his accusation.
The biggest red flag, Mr. Mesereau said, was that the family went to see two lawyers and a psychiatrist before ever going to police with allegations of abuse.
One of those lawyers, civil attorney Larry Feldman, who won more than $20 million from Mr. Jackson in a 1993 settlement for another 13-year-old boy, Jordie Chandler, who also accused Mr. Jackson of molesting him. Chandler did not testify during the current trial.
"What they're trying to do to Michael Jackson is so harmful, so brutal, so potentially devastating to him," Mr. Mesereau said, referring not only to Mr. Jackson's current accusers and their attorneys, but also to the Santa Barbara County prosecutors who the defense believes still holds a vendetta against Mr. Jackson. The same prosecutors had to abandon their 1993 investigation when Chandler took the millions in exchange for silence.
The jury got the case on a day marked by an impassioned plea by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. for Mr. Jackson's acquittal. He said Mr. Jackson is not the "monster" that prosecutors have portrayed, and he said the accuser and his family fabricated the molestation allegations to take advantage of Mr. Jackson.
"They are trying to profit from Michael Jackson. They think they have pulled it off. They are just waiting for one thing — your verdict."
He added: "If you look in your hearts do you believe Michael Jackson is evil in that way? Is it even possible? It really is not."
With regards to the alcohol charges, Mr. Mesereau stated passionately to the jury, “Michael Jackson could not even conceive of giving alcohol to a child or to this young cancer victim, he just could not even conceive of it.”
During his rebuttal, Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen sought to answer the defense lawyer's question.
"Why would Mr. Jackson do it? Because he could," Zonen offered the unsubstantiated argument. "This child was in love with him. This child would do anything he said."
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At day's end the court announced that a live audio feed will be provided to news media on verdict day. No TV or radio coverage was allowed in the courtroom during the trial. Photography was also barred.
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Mr. Mesereau spoke about the American system of justice and said, "We have the best system in the world and ladies and gentlemen I'm begging you to honor the system. ... You must acquit him."
He accused prosecutors of trying to "dirty up Michael" because they lack the evidence to prove their case.
"The witnesses are preposterous, the perjury is everywhere," Mr. Mesereau declared. "None of it works. The only thing they've had is to throw dirt all over the place and hope it sticks."
"If you convict him of anything, they are going to make millions," Mr. Mesereau said of the family who accuses Mr. Jackson of molesting the teenage cancer survivor.
"They're just waiting," Mr. Mesereau continued. "Waiting for the biggest con of their careers — right here — they just need you to help them, that's all."
Mr. Mesereau played excerpts from a video in which Mr. Jackson denied sexual impropriety and said he had never "been betrayed or deceived by children." The attorney closed by telling jurors that Mr. Jackson had been lax with his money and had let the wrong people into his circle but was not the "monster" prosecutors had portrayed.
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Mr. Mesereau told jurors that the mother had a knack for conniving celebrities out of cash, using her son's illness to sway favor. He pointed to the $20,000 given to the family by comedian Louise Palanker, a $2,000 check Mr. Jackson's videographer gave her after she told him "tales of woe" and the $1,500 actor Chris Tucker gave the family for the boy's medical bills, although the treatment was covered by insurance.
He asked jurors to doubt the words of the accuser when he told investigators for the first time in a July 2003 taped police interview that Mr. Jackson molested him about five times at Neverland and gave him wine and liquor almost every night.
Study the child's demeanor, Mr. Mesereau said, as he "lies about wanting to leave Neverland because he was scared." The boy testified in court that he did not want to leave because he was enjoying himself.
Scoffing at claims that his soft-spoken client was the kind of man who could plot conspiracies of abduction and false imprisonment, Mr. Mesereau said, "His generosity knows no bounds because the man has a wonderful, kind heart,"
Mr. Meserau reminded the jury that ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’, did not mean ‘probably guilty or highly likely guilty’, but that they must be absolutely sure, BEYOND any reasonable doubt.
Prosecutors asked jurors not to have any sympathy for Mr. Jackson or to think about any of the consequences that could befall him if convicted.
Mr. Mesereau informed jurors again that the accuser and his younger brother, who was not molested but says he witnessed two acts against his brother, have until the age of 18 "before the clock starts ticking on a civil suit." The mother may still sue Mr. Jackson as well.
Mr. Mesereau beseeched the jurors;
"You have the power in your hands to make them rich and they'll never have to work a day in their lives. You have that power."
“They cannot prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt and the prosecutors never should have brought the case once they learned who (this accuser’s family) was.”
“You must, under this legal system, throw this case where it belongs… out the door!”
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p.d.: Mez, simplemente bravo :bravo:
