Jackson plea on eve of abuse case
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Pop icon Michael Jackson protests his innocence the day before his child abuse trial is set to start in California.
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Staff Writer. 10/15/04 A judge denied a defense request to dismiss the indictment against Michael Jackson during a Thursday hearing and also urged both sides to get ready for a Jan. 31 trial-start date.
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Michael Jackson's lawyers want his accuser and family to have psychological tests ahead of his trial.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - After months of delays and  intense pretrial publicity, Michael Jackson took his seat in  court on Monday as the task of selecting a jury began in the  child molestation case that has put his career, reputation and  freedom at risk.
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Lawyers for pop star Michael Jackson have &quot;reluctantly&quot; asked a judge to delay his trial on child molestation charges saying that prosecutors have made it impossible to prepare a defense in time.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Michael Jackson said on  Friday he had sought to "buy peace" in the past by paying off  two claims of child molestation but now -- as he is embroiled  in another abuse case -- he regretted not having fought the  allegations in court.
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Prosecutors seek to admit evidence of what they say are Michael Jackson's  "prior offences" in his trial.
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LOS ANGELES -- Another pretrial hearing will be held Friday in Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case. Thursday, a Santa Maria judge rejected a defense effort to remove the Santa Barbara County district attorney prosecuting the pop star.
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Most potential jurors for the Michael Jackson child abuse trial have heard about the case, underlining the difficulty the pop superstar could face in getting a fair hearing.
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Michael Jackson's family will be standing by him for a courtroom confrontation with the man who wants to put him in prison on child molestation charges &#151; a district attorney whose pursuit of Jackson dates back more than a decade.
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Michael Jackson is in court in California to hear testimony from the mother of the boy accusing him of sexual abuse.
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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have  asked a California judge to conduct behind closed doors a key  hearing into accusations of past sex offenses by the singer,  along with all other proceedings involving evidence in the  case.
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Pop superstar Michael Jackson is due to visit court on Monday for a pre-trial hearing in his child molestation case.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Michael Jackson's lawyer  told a court on Monday he planned to call a star-studded list  of witnesses to defend the singer against child molestation  charges, including basketball's Kobe Bryant, actress Elizabeth  Taylor and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno.
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MICHAEL Jackson&#39;s lawyers went back to court today to ask for a delay in his child molestation trial, as prosecutors sought to raise evidence of the pop icon&#39;s alleged past crimes.
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Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case want to include as evidence previous allegations of sex offenses for which police did not charge the singer.
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Michael Jackson has filed a motion asking that the child-molestation case against him be dismissed on grounds of &quot;vindictive prosecution and outrageous government conduct.