The 20th's Trials of the Century included the Nuremberg Trials, the Manson Family trials, and the OJ Simpson Trial, as media fell over themselves declaring each Trial more Important than Any Other of the Century.
(Exactly why the trial of a football player accused of a double murder is more important, newsworthy or otherwise Of the Century then the trials of people accused of genocide has never been adequately explained. By anyone. Ever. Because the real answer is that all the media cares about is exploitation in the name of profits and Trials of the Century are all about how many people are looking, and true or not that's not a good enough explanation for their behaviour.)
The 21st's first Trial of the Century is of a scary-looking self-mutilation-by-plastic-surgery pop star gone to seed, accused of kiddie fiddling by a family who have supposedly attempted to shake down celebrities for money in the past.
Obviously he was going to be found as guilty as the football player was, because the prosecution was utterly unable to prove their case due to the equation of unreliable witness testimony vs. celebrity status.
Is scary-looking-man actually guilty? We'll never know. It sure would have been interesting seeing him share a rec room with Charles Manson though.
Posted by joey at June 15, 2005 11:10 AM