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Going above and beyond the traditional police procedural, bestselling author Aphrodite Jones delves into the larger social ramifications stemming from Michael Jackson's trial of 2005.  Jones's new book, Michael Jackson Conspiracy, reviews the record of the prosecution of this case.  Some of the legal weaknesses of the prosecution included its unreasonable hiring of numerous experts in preparation for the trial, as well as the poor performance of its key witnesses.  Essentially, it can be said that Michael Jackson Conspiracy documents defense attorney Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr.'s winning trial strategy.

It is one thing to bring charges, and it is an entirely other thing to prosecute those charges.  In this revealing book, Jones deciphers the two.  The law enforcement thought it had done its job; now, it was the prosecution's turn to take control over this case.  Prosecutors were running a gamble.  Since the media was working feverishly to convict Michael Jackson in the court of public opinion, District Attorney Tom Sneddon thought he was going to have a slam-dunk case to present to an impartial jury. 

Left out of the prosecution's assessment was defense attorney Mesereau's strategy:  the jury wasn't going to be allowed to be swayed by inadmissible evidence, prejudice, nor hearsay.  Inside a court of law, the slipshod rules of opinionated media commentary weren't going to be allowed to taint the trial proceedings. 

If you want to learn how a defense team won a case that baffled the D.A., the biased media, and a bewildered public, then Michael Jackson Conspiracy is definitely the new legal affairs book, which you should read.