{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Review of prosecution phase in Jackson trial' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb63d8eafeecae124b5f' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb63d8eafeecae124b5f' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nReview of prosecution phase in Jackson trial\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eSanta Maria, California - February 28, 20051. Mid shot of Michael Jackson turning and waving to people outside courthouse 2. Mid shot of Jackson supporters holding placards outside courthouse 3. Mid shot of supporters holding banner4....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSanta Maria, California - February 28, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid shot of Michael Jackson turning and waving to people outside courthouse \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid shot of Jackson supporters holding placards outside courthouse \u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid shot of supporters holding banner\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of Jackson waving to people outside courthouse \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - April 27, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e5. Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe walking into court\u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - April 5, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close shot of prosecutor Tom Sneddon walking through metal detector toward courtroom \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close shot of Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr. walking through metal detector toward courtroom\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California - April 26, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stan Goldman, legal analyst, Loyola University Law School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't think the prosecution has one of the world's strongest cases here when it comes to the actual complaining witness and his family. What makes it a reasonably strong case at this point is the evidence of prior events. You've got to prove two things in effect, if you're the prosecution: Michael Jackson is a paedophile and he acted out with this boy. If you can prove he's a paedophile based on other cases, you've done about two thirds of the heavy lifting already.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - March 9, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close shot of Jackson gesturing to people outside courthouse \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - February 28, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e10. Court sketch, wide shot of prosecutor Sneddon (far left), Judge Rodney Melville (top centre), and Michael Jackson (far right)/pan to Jackson and Mesereau\u003cbr/\u003e11. Court sketch, close shot of Sneddon \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - March 1, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot of TV journalist Martin Bashir (centre) arriving at courthouse\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid shot of photographer\u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - April 19, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid shot of accuser's mother (covered by coat) passing through metal detector toward courthouse\u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - March 10, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e15. Court sketch close shot of accuser on witness stand  \u003cbr/\u003e16. Court sketch close shot of Jackson\u003cbr/\u003e17. Court sketch mid shot of Judge Melville and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr \u003cbr/\u003e18. Court sketch close shot of Melville\u003cbr/\u003e19. Court sketch close shot of accuser \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles - April 26, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jean Rosenbluth, legal analyst, University of Southern California: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think what the prosecution has going for it in this case is just sheer weight of evidence and it's going to be the... where there's smoke there's fire and there's so much stuff that's been thrown at the jury that perhaps they're just going to think 'gee, I'm not going to sort through all of this something must be going on'.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles - April 6, 2005 \u003cbr/\u003e21. Close shot of Mesereau and Jackson arriving at event \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close shot of photographers \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - March 10, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close shot of Jackson in pyjama bottoms, tilt up to Jackson arriving at court house, pull out to wide of Jackson being helped by aides.\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles - April 26, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stan Goldman, legal analyst, Loyola University Law School:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't know how much saving of Michael Jackson's character you can do in this case. Sure, you can put him on, the way he (Mesereau) seems to have promised the jury he will do. You can make the jury feel that Michael Jackson has a completely different character with all sorts of witnesses. But in the end, what you really have to do is convince the jury that there is a reasonable doubt that he did what he's charged with.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, California - March 10, 2005\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close shot of Jackson walking through metal detector toward courtroom\u003cbr/\u003eThe child abuse trial of superstar Michael Jackson - dubbed the trial of the century - has reached the half-way point, after nearly three months of courtroom drama in the small California town of Santa Maria.\u003cbr/\u003eThe prosecuting team in the Michael Jackson child molestation case had planned to rest its case on Tuesday, but it remained unclear whether that deadline was on track.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the prosecution sought to wrap up its presentation, it called final witnesses and presented more phone records in hopes of bolstering the conspiracy portion of their case against the pop star.\u003cbr/\u003eProsecutors had initially hoped to rest its case last week.  \u003cbr/\u003eBut after Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe delivered a startling setback in her testimony on Thursday, they needed more time to recoup their losses and orchestrate a strong finish. \u003cbr/\u003eIn a stinging turn for the prosecution, Rowe testified that Jackson was easily manipulated by \"opportunistic vultures\" in his inner circle who wanted to make millions from his troubles.  \u003cbr/\u003eRowe was called by prosecutors to bolster a charge that the singer and his associates conspired to hold the accuser's family captive to make a video praising Jackson. \u003cbr/\u003eDistrict Attorney Tom Sneddon had said Rowe would tell the jury her remarks in the video were scripted, and that Jackson strong-armed her into appearing in the video by promising her visitation with their kids.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the strategy backfired when Rowe turned the tables on prosecutors, denying her remarks were scripted or rehearsed, and portraying Jackson as a \"wonderful person\" and \"a great father.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe 46-year-old Jackson is accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer patient in February or March 2003, and giving him alcohol.\u003cbr/\u003eProsecutors also allege that Jackson conspired to hold the accuser's family captive to get them to rebut the \"Living with Michael Jackson\" documentary, in which the singer said he lets children sleep in his bed.\u003cbr/\u003eJackson denies all 10 charges against him, including child abuse. \u003cbr/\u003eThey began their case in late February, and brought forward their first key witness - British journalist Martin Bashir - on the first day of March. \u003cbr/\u003eProsecutors won a victory of sorts in March when Judge Rodney Melville allowed past allegations against the singer to be used as evidence in the trial. \u003cbr/\u003eThat move opened the door for testimony from witnesses who alleged prior acts of molestation before the 2003 incident in which Jackson is charged. \u003cbr/\u003eSome analysts say the prior allegations could still prove to be key in convincing the jury of a pattern of abusive behaviour on the part of Jackson. \u003cbr/\u003eAs prosecutors in the Jackson trial wrap their case, the defence prepares to counter weeks of testimony, 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