Biographer: A black jury would have jailed Jackson

Michael Jackson's biographer has applauded attorney Thomas Mesereau for not bowing to pressure and calling for more black faces on the jury for his client's child molestation trial because African-Americans would have jailed him.

Stacy Brown, who has co-written expose Michael Jackson: The Man Behind The Mask, feels sure that civil rights activists like Al Sharpton and Rev Jesse Jackson did the singer a disservice when they voiced their disgust at the jury selection, which didn't include a single African-American.

The journalist is convinced that so many African-Americans dislike Jackson for the way he has snubbed his own kind - and only turned to them when he needed their support - more black faces on the jury would have brought about a very different outcome, and the pop star would not be a free man.

Brown says: "The defence team knew what they were doing. I think if that trial had been moved so that there were more black people on the jury, Michael Jackson would be in prison right now.”