Prosecutors Still Believe Michael Jackson Case

The prosecutors in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial tell The Associated Press they did not buy the defense’s claims that sleeping with children was part of an effort by Jackson to compensate for a childhood lost amid his rise to stardom and abuse by his father. “I’ll tell you this: I’ll match my days in the bakery working with my dad (with) his dancing routines with his dad any day of the week,” Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon said. A conviction would have been tragic in some ways, Sneddon said, considering Jackson’s accomplishments. “If he had been convicted, I think that part of it would have been a tragedy – like a Greek tragedy play of a person who obviously can bring great joy and entertainment to the people around the world,” he said.