Jackson was reported to have said in 2013 that he would have preferred a death sentence: "I wish it were over, even if it meant I were dead, 'he was quoted as saying at the time."

有媒体曾经引述杰克逊的话报道，他曾在2013年表示说自己宁愿被判死刑：“我希望这一切在那时就能够结束，甚至这意味着我可能已经死了。”