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Michael Jackson Jury Selected

Update: ABC News provides this in-depth look at the jurors.

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Jury selection has been completed in the Michael Jackson trial. It resumed yesterday after a two week hiatus.

The panel included four men and eight women, ranging in age from 20 to 79. The racial and ethnic breakdown appeared to be: seven whites, four Hispanics and one Asian.

They are now in the process of selecting eight alternates for what is expected to be a six month trial. The jurors are between 20 and 79 years old.

Among the jurors were a woman who said her grandson was required to register as a sexual offender because of a crime; a woman who said she was related to the pilot of Flight 93, one of the planes that went down on Sept. 11; a 20-year-old man who likes "The Simpsons" TV show; and a man who is interested in Western art and country music.

One of the jurors had been asked during selection if he recognized celebrity witnesses in the case including self-help guru Deepak Chopra. He responded, "I think he's a rapper."

Michaels' defense will allege the mother of the accuser told him (and persumably his brother) to lie.

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    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 01:05:13 PM EST
    ... and a man who is interested in Western art and country music. See you in 20 to life, Jacko.

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 01:38:47 PM EST
    This going to be fun to watch. Good god what is next? but it's just a show and a funny show at that.

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 01:58:20 PM EST
    interesting, no blacks, thats telling. especially in high profile cases, not just the ones involving blacks, blacks often seem to be excluded.?!.?! probably exercising their constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, that being the absence of bs. "what justice, its justUs." - r.p.

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 02:22:07 PM EST
    Mj would probably fair better with no blacks on his jury. [if he could fare well at all.]

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 02:56:30 PM EST
    The prosecution should be all smiles with this jury!!!

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#6)
    by sue on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 03:25:48 PM EST
    Enough of this legal stuff, TalkLeft has shared a Koufax Best Single Issue award with Grits for Breakfast. Congratulations!

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 03:39:50 PM EST
    About jackson, don't play the race card, because it will only come back at people, if jackson did it or didn't do it, that is what this is all about to find out who did what. and i don't think jackson would like some 50 year old x black vet, standing judgment on him, jackson also would not like that at all, if he did do the crime?

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 08:56:01 PM EST
    ///if jackson did it or didn't do it, that is what this is all about to find out who did what/// I am afraid there is no way to prove what happened or not.

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 04:04:04 AM EST
    "Among the jurors were a woman who said her grandson was required to register as a sexual offender because of a crime; a woman who said she was related to the pilot of Flight 93, one of the planes that went down on Sept. 11; a 20-year-old man who likes "The Simpsons" TV show; and a man who is interested in Western art and country music." What relevance does any of this have, with the possible exception of the music question?

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 10:26:57 AM EST
    I hope that even though this is a high profile case he can get a fair trial. If he did it, lock him up, if it's a bunch of lies, then somebody else ought to be in some big trouble. It could be some major perjury, and the DA might be in some civil trouble as well. I don't think it's a racial issue, and the less we make high profile cases about race, the better race relations will be.

    Re: Michael Jackson Jury Selected (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 04:04:40 PM EST
    I think he'll BEAT IT (beat it), BEAT IT (beat it)...