Michael Jackson Won't Go to Jail After All

Jurors have found pop singer Michael Jackson not guilty on all 10 counts he faced in a child molestation trial in Santa Barbara County. Judge Rodney Melville presided over the high-profile case.

Jackson had maintained his innocence throughout the trial, which included testimony from Jay Leno, Macaulay Culkin, and Chris Tucker. The case began on January 31 with jury selection and included testimony from Jackson's 13-year-old accuser. Jackson faced judgment on 10 counts stemming from events that allegedly took place with the boy two years ago. These included four counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 14; one count of attempted lewd conduct; four counts of administering alcohol to facilitate child molestation; and one count of conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment or extortion.

The boy who made the accusations is 15 years old and called "John Doe" in the grand jury indictment. The boy appeared in a 2003 TV documentary with Jackson and was 12 years old when the documentary was made.

Jackson denied all of the charges. The jury was composed of eight women and four men. None of the jury members was African American. The Jackson camp will hold a press conference to discuss further details of the case. Michael Jackson's official website is http://mjjsource.com.

The jury reached the following verdicts:

• Conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion (Jackson not guilty on 1 count).
  
  
• Lewd act on a child under age 14 (Jackson not guilty on 4 counts).
  
  
• Attempted lewd act on a child under age 14 (Jackson not guilty on 1 count).
  
  
• Administering alcohol to enable child molestation, including a lesser offence of giving alcohol to a minor. (Jackson not guilty on 4 counts).