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Laural Hill ([personal profile] lauralh) wrote2005-08-04 12:36 pm
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"ok, so we lied."

[12:34] theLaural: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/334357p-285609c.html
[12:35] meg: oh, how righteous of them
[12:35] meg: to come forth with the truth, now that he's acquitted

[identity profile] harryh.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Part of me feels like such discussion (especially for profit) of what goes on in a Jury room should be illegal, but there are obviously first amendment concerns.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What assholes.

[identity profile] llarian.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Because of the whole "beyond a reasonable doubt" requirement in a criminal trial, its quite possible for a juror to believe somebody is guilty and still vote for aquittal due to the evidence presented in the courtroom to not support it. I suspect Jacko would lose bigtime in a civil suit.

I'll give the jurors the benefit of the doubt for now, but I agree that tha's pretty fucking weak to profit off the thing with a book, movie, whatever.

[identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
i dunno, i suspect the OJ jurors' accounts would be a lot more interesting.

[identity profile] llarian.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, absolutely.

[identity profile] chris.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i'd probably do it. why not profit after being drug through all that crap. if millions of americans want to know "the truth", why not give them what they want? i mean its not like you are disrespecting the families or helping MJ get away with it by telling how guilty he really was.

[identity profile] llarian.livejournal.com 2005-08-04 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's not a bad point.