Dr. Conrad Murray ordered to stand trial for the death of Michael Jackson
Involuntary manslaughter
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Michael Jackson's personal physician was ordered today to stand trial on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the singer's 2009 death.
Dr. Conrad Murray, 57, is accused of administering the powerful anesthetic propofol to the singer to help him sleep, then failing to properly monitor him. Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication at age 50.
Murray faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Michael Jackson’s personal physician was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from the singer’s 2009 death.
Dr. Conrad Murray, 57, is accused of administering the powerful anesthetic propofol to the singer to help him sleep, then failing to properly monitor him. Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication at age 50.
Murray faces up to four years in prison, if convicted.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A judge has ordered Dr. Conrad Murray to meet with Katherine Jackson’s lawyers next month for a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live.
The lawsuit, which is set for trial in April, accuses AEG Live of causing the death of Katherine Jackson’s son, Michael Jackson, by pressuring him to prepare for his 2009 comeback concerts while he was in fragile health.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Michael Jackson’s personal physician was sentenced today to four years behind bars for the singer’s June 2009 death from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol, with the judge blasting the doctor for engaging in a “money-for-medicine” experiment that killed the entertainer.
Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, was convicted Nov. 7 of involuntary manslaughter.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Defense attorneys have asked a judge to sequester the jury in the upcoming trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the singer’s death in 2009.
“There is reasonable expectation that Dr. (Conrad) Murray’s trial will be the most publicized in history,” defense attorneys Edward Chernoff and Nareg Gourjian wrote in a motion filed Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Every issue in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is so disputed that even giving candy to jurors caused an argument.
AEG lawyers gave a bag of peppermint candy to the bailiff to hand out to the jury this week. Even Katherine Jackson — the pop icon’s mother — enjoyed the treat.
But Jackson’s lawyer raised an objection Tuesday afternoon, suggesting jurors might be influenced if they realized the source of the sweets.
