I'm about as conservative as you'll find, and I'm disappointed in the verdict, but.......................
Bottom line is this......many guilty ones, do get set free, because our legal system is designed to only convict when there is practically, no shadow of doubt.
It is the prosecution's responsibility to make the most convincing, "air-tight" case possible, and if they don't, then the jurors have only one way to go.
We(U.S.) have a unique system of justice where the accused is just that, "accused", or not guilty until proven so. In most courts of the world, you start out guilty, and must prove your innocents. In the U.S., the burden is on the State or Government to prove your guiltiness. It isn't perfect, but it has helped to maintain a cohesiveness in this mish-mash cultural, melting pot for over 200 years.
Also remember, that if indeed M.J. is guilty, he will ultimately answer for what he has done, even though he may slip through the legal cracks of our almost perfect system.
Justice has a way of ultimately being served on a higher level in due time. If you get my drift.
Clay may think it's more than clay, but it's just clay in the Potter's hands. It can't escape the Potter's hands, and it ultimately can't dictate what the Potter wants to do with it either.