The Associated Press has the best story I've read so far about the Jackson verdict, and I find it odd it hasn't been published more widely.

I thought it was going badly when they introduced regular pornographic magazines as evidence, as if that suggested child molestation. Later, when past allegations of abuse were admitted, I thought things were going badly for the defense. When the jury took so long to decide, I assumed there would at least be some guilty verdicts in there. Given the way the trial was conducted -- in no way favorable to M.J. -- I now suspect he might actually have been innocent.

Not that you asked. Carry on now.