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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
You are welcome. And, good thing you weren't on the 2005 jury, which aquitted MJ based largely on a lack of actual evidence and the prior history of extortion by the child's family. But, unlike the 1994 child's parents, the 2005 child's parents did not offer to let MJ move in with them, give their child heavy drugs to get the testimony, and then let the man who they said molested their son walk away free to do it again in exchange for setting them up financially for life.
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The jury made their decision and as they don't have to justify it, we don't actually know why they arrived at the conclusion they did. We have to respect it, we don't have to agree.
When it comes to the actual penalty, I can see why $22m is more attractive to the parents than seeing Jackson spend 50 years in San Quentin. Chandler (if he needed it) will have got much better support than many and as you say, is set up for life.