internalenthusiast wrote:i dunno. but i am from SB, where MJ had trial. as far as i know he was declared innocent.
i only knew the gentleman second-hand. but anyone i knew thought him a good person. FWIW. that doesn't matter.
as i say, i have no personal knowledge of his innocence or guilt.
but: at the same time, i do say that a strength of our justice system, as long as it exists, is that someone is declared innocent until proven guilty.
not picking a quarrel with anyone. but not sure i'm in agreement with what i perceive as the drift on this thread.
my apologies, if i'm not understanding.
best to all...
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Bhassler wrote:internalenthusiast wrote:i dunno. but i am from SB, where MJ had trial. as far as i know he was declared innocent.
i only knew the gentleman second-hand. but anyone i knew thought him a good person. FWIW. that doesn't matter.
as i say, i have no personal knowledge of his innocence or guilt.
but: at the same time, i do say that a strength of our justice system, as long as it exists, is that someone is declared innocent until proven guilty.
not picking a quarrel with anyone. but not sure i'm in agreement with what i perceive as the drift on this thread.
my apologies, if i'm not understanding.
best to all...
I knew a guy that was charged as a sex offender for messing around with a 17 year-old. "Innocent until proven guilty" is often times a luxury reserved for the wealthy and powerful.
That said, if he hadn't fucked around with the 17 year-old then it wouldn't have been an issue...
internalenthusiast wrote:Bhassler wrote:internalenthusiast wrote:i dunno. but i am from SB, where MJ had trial. as far as i know he was declared innocent.
i only knew the gentleman second-hand. but anyone i knew thought him a good person. FWIW. that doesn't matter.
as i say, i have no personal knowledge of his innocence or guilt.
but: at the same time, i do say that a strength of our justice system, as long as it exists, is that someone is declared innocent until proven guilty.
not picking a quarrel with anyone. but not sure i'm in agreement with what i perceive as the drift on this thread.
my apologies, if i'm not understanding.
best to all...
I knew a guy that was charged as a sex offender for messing around with a 17 year-old. "Innocent until proven guilty" is often times a luxury reserved for the wealthy and powerful.
That said, if he hadn't fucked around with the 17 year-old then it wouldn't have been an issue...
bhassler: i like an awful lot of your posts.
if i'm understanding you: the legality was precisely the issue in the MJ trial. again, i don't pretend to have any information about the decision's correctness.
and i agree with you, especially in these times, that the wealthy and the powerful may have adjudications presented in their favor. sans doubt.
if there's something missing in my understanding of the trial, i'd be happy to revise my understanding.
my understanding, though, was that the legal issues were resolved in MJ's favor.
i have absolutely no personal interest invested in this. just that i think that the US justice system should execute in law, and my impression has been that this has been done in this case.
no personal antagonism, or issue, whatsoever...
very best...
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