June 14, 2005

• Michael Jackson is acquitted of all 10 charges and the
  3-month trial that became another ugly celebrity circus ends. Was Michael
  Jackson really innocent of all charges? Well, the jury thought the prosecutors
  didn’t prove Jackson guilty beyond reasonable doubt. USA Today’s op-ed titled A
  Trial With No Winners concluded that everyone emerged from the trial looking
  bad. But the article rightly points celebrity-obsessed readers to those who are  far more deserving of our attention:

  The trial may have been a sordid spectacle, but we can only
  hope that it doesn't diminish attention to the serious crime of
  child molestation. 

  Tens of thousands of children are sexually abused each year.
  As the

  Jackson case fades into memory, they are the victims who
  truly deserve

  our attention and compassion.

   

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