Month: June 2004

Melville Inexplicably Denies Bail Reduction – MJEOL Bullet #154 Apparently, Michael Jackson is so special that he has to be given the distinction of being the only person in Santa Barbara County forced to pay $3M in bail on unproven, unchallenged and suspicious molestation charges.The judge in Jackson’s case inexplicably has approved the bail and denied the defense motion to reduce it.

Defense Motion Slams Prosecutors about Excessive Bail – MJEOL Bullet #153 One of the issues discussed during the May 28 2004 hearing in the Michael Jackson “case” was the issue of bail; in particular, how prosecutors are using flimsy reasons to set and hold on to the excessive bail amount.Judge Melville has yet to issue a ruling on whether the bail amount will be decreased as of this writing.In an incredibly scathing motion, Michael Jackson’s defense lays into the prosecution’s nonsensical and illogical argument to hold on to the $3M bail.The 32 page document includes some insight into how prosecutors are treating Jackson in relation to other citizens of the county and also includes a document in support of bail reduction written by Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman.

Prosecutors STILL Senselessly Searching for “evidence”? – MJEOL Bullet #152 The Santa Barbara News-Press recently reported (June.5.2004) that prosecutors are still being granted search warrants to seize phone records in the Michael Jackson “case”. What the hell do phone records have to do with a molestation “case”, you may ask? Some say that prosecutors aren’t looking for “evidence” of molestation, but rather they’re trying to find dirt on Jackson’s personal life or the personal lives of those around Jackson; possibly those alleged “unnamed co-conspirators” (ha!).