Ex-Michael Jackson prosecutor Tom Sneddon dies

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Source: AP

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tom Sneddon, the former district attorney who sought twice to try Michael Jackson on child molestation charges and was disparaged in one of the pop star's songs, has died.

Sneddon died Saturday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after a battle with cancer, said Patrick McKinley, a retired assistant district attorney for Santa Barbara County. Sneddon was 73.

"I don't think you will find a prosecutor in the district attorney's office who worked for him who has one bad thing to say about him. He was just a helluva boss," said McKinley, who worked with Sneddon for more than three decades.

"He wasn't afraid to make a decision," he said. "He would make a decision and away we'd go."

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[bluestateguy]

1. No deathbed apology for his witch hunts on MJ?

Hmm. Too bad.

[alp227]

2. Unfortunately it turns out he did NOT go on witch hunts.

http://www.mtv.com/news/1490750/michael-jackson-accused-of-paying-hush-money-to-boy-in-1990/

C'mon. If MJ were innocent, it wouldn't have cost him 10s of millions.

[JI7]

4. doesn't mean anything when it comes to famous and wealthy people, many people still say Clinton

should have paid a settlement to Paula Jones so it would have closed it rather than dealing with all the investigations and the mess that came from it.

[mackerel]

3. I don't believe Mr. Sneddon had anything to apologize for,

he was doing his job afterall.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. RIP

But good riddance!

[CountAllVotes]

6. +1,000

RIP to the King of Pop.

Sneedon ... a pig that is rotting in pig sweat as I type. Good riddance indeed!

[bluestateguy]

7. He can't hurt anyone anymore

And that's a good thing.

[nomorenomore08]

8. Whatever MJ did or didn't do, Sneddon always struck me as an incredibly unpleasant person.

Between him, and John Lofton over the summer, I think the world is now an ever-so-slightly nicer place.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. In honor of Tom Sneddon

and of course: