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Jewish World Review May 12, 2005 / 3 Iyar, 5765 Jacko trial no thriller By Joe Scarborough
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Will Michael Jackson walk?
To tell you the truth, I really haven't paid much attention to this week's celebrity trial of the century. But I do know this. If history serves as a guide, Michael will be back in Neverland soon enough entertaining young boys from across the world.
That doesn't mean I don't think Jackson is guilty. I do.
But one lesson we all have learned in the Age of O.J. is that all celebrities walk.
Simpson was obviously guilty. But instead facing life in jail, he is spending his days looking for Nicole's killer on some of the finest golf courses in America.
More recently, it was Robert Blake who seemed to get away with murder.
That whole Baretta bit about not doing the time unless you can do the time? Just more Hollywood B. S.
Not only did Blake walk, he predicted his acquittal in secretly recorded conversations. Blake was sure that turning the trial into a celebrity showcase would sway an ignorant jury.
Maybe he was right.
And perhaps we will see the same result in the Michael Jackson case.
If the music star were a poor black man from South Central L. A., Mike Jackson would already be in jail serving a long sentence. But since he is who he is, the pop star will beat the rap, write a book, and laugh all the way to the bank.
And justice for all? Yeah, right.
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Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) hosts “Scarborough Country,” 10 p.m. ET, weeknights on MSNBC. He is the author of the recently published "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day : The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America". (Click HERE to purchase. Sales help fund JWR.)Comment by clicking here. © 2005, MSNBC |
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