Michael Jackson got off...
... and then a jury said he wasn't guilty!

Seriously though, Michael Jackson has serious issues. Even
if he hasn't molested any kids, he's probably just a hairline away from snapping, and doing what he claims to detest. He needs help in a big way, but he's got enough power stored up from back when he used to matter, to wall himself away from reality, and destroy himself even further.
I think Jackson is clearly a pedo, he practically admits it (although he doesn't seem to understand what he's admitting to), and others have probably been put away for less reason. But there really didn't seem to be any "evidence" in this case (things like Jackson's computer got thrown out), and it came down to a "he said/she said" thing. And the defense managed to paint the victim/mother as untrustworthy, and a con-artist (despite their failure to prove it with the big star-power witnesses like Jay Leno). Considering Jackson's money (or "apparent money", since he's supposedly almost broke), can people really say beyond any reasonable doubt that the accusers didn't make it up?
BTW, Jackson's fanboys are a dangerous bunch of freaks. Probably worse than Michael Jackson himself. I saw an interview with a family member of that last accuser, and he was saying that one of the reasons they took the money was because Jackson's fans were threatening to kill them, and they would frequently wake up to find things like rats with their heads cut off sitting in pools of blood on their porch.