Michael Jackson Trial

Let me interupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to break down the Michael Jackson trial for you and tell you why Wacko Jacko is going to go to the pokey.

They finished picking the jury today in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial, and the lawyers will be giving their opening statements on Monday. That means that it only took about a week of court time to choose the jury, which by California standards means this case is absolutely flying along.

I've tried jury trials, all as a criminal defense lawyer, and they are absolute crap shoots. You never know what 12 people will do with a case. However, I think there are 3 reasons that this jury will convict Michael Jackson:

1. THE MAN IN THE BLACK ROBE DON'T MESS AROUND - It sounds like this California judge doesn't mess around, and he's going to allow the prosecution some leeway in presenting evidence of Michael Jackson's prior bad acts (ie past allegations of child molestation).

2. WOMEN DON'T LIKE "ALLEGED" CHILD MOLESTERS - There are 8 women on this jury. Women have children. Women do not want to see their children molested, and they do not want to see other mother's children molested.

3. MICHAEL JACKSON HAS FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE - I personally have never had really good luck in cases I've tried where my client took the stand. Usually, they have nothing good to add to the conversation, and usually end up saying something to the jury that makes those 12 people just want to convict my client that much quicker. Michael Jackson is going to want to testify. Michael Jackson is not going to be able to help himself when he testifies, meaning he will say something on the stand like "I could not have done this, because of all the beautiful things I do for children and with children. I'm a good person, I could never do this, etc.,etc." In the law, normally a jury does not get to hear character evidence, unless a defendant stupidly brings it up by saying something like the above. Also, witnesses that the defense call will also undoubtedly tell the jury what a good person Michael Jackson is, no matter how well coached they are by Jackson's lawyers. All of this is going to "open the door" to allow evidence to come into the trial of his alleged "bad" character. Once this happens, he is toast and he's going to prison - game, set, match.