Yahoo!News/AP: The Judge reads the instructions to the jury

So here we are near the end of the sordid trial of Michael Jackson. The judge has read the jury instructions to the jury, and soon they will deliberate after closing arguments.

If the past several months of reporting by the press have been correct, this trial may not get the conviction the prosecution is hoping for. However, it will be very hard for the defense to overcome past allegations of uncharged molestations, which despite all the testimony of Michael Jackson's defense witnesses, will leave in the minds of the jurors questions that some of the present allegations must be true...

Even if Michael Jackson is convicted of misdemeanor exposure allegations, he would have to register as a sex offender under California law...

In the mean time, I am sure if there is a conviction, his lawyers will take it up on appeal.