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Dr. Conrad Murray was in court recently to ask the Judge to be released on bail as he awaits his pending appeal in the manslaughter case of Michael Jackson. Judge Pastor denied his bail and he is to remain incarcerated.

Following his trial last year, he was handed down a sentence of four years for his role in the late pop icon’s death. He is currently trying to appeal his sentence, but the judge still feels that he is a danger to society.

Judge Pastor said that it scares him that Dr. Murray thinks that it’s okay to administer a dangerous drug like Propofol in a home environment.

The doctor’s girlfriend tried to make her case for his release, claiming that he’s a good father to their son. She also said that he is the sole support for her and their two-year-old child.

We’re not sure what kind of support he could be for her or their son, considering the fact that his medical license was suspended. What can he do for work in his field now? Do you think he would try to have his license reinstated if he’s granted an appeal?

Dr. Conrad Murray appeared in court today to be sentenced in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial.

Dr. Murray’s attorney tried to object to the cameras being in the courtroom. Judge Michael Pastor overruled the defendant’s right to privacy with regard to the cameras, due to the fact that he recorded a lot of his interactions prior to the court’s ruling for his documentary.

The Prosecution presented the court with statutes that dictate that this involuntary manslaughter should be classified as a serious felony. They want Conrad Murray to serve out his sentence in State Prison.

The Prosecution asked the Judge to allow the family’s representative to speak on their behalf. Mr. Brian Panish spoke as the family’s attorney. He said that Michael’s parents couldn’t imagine living past Michael and his children will grow up without a father. They aren’t there to seek revenge, as there is nothing they can do that would bring him back.

They want the judge to impose the maximum sentence to remind physicians that they cannot bypass their Hippocratic oath to do no harm.

The Prosecution’s attorney David Walgren recounted how Dr. Murray was careless and reckless with the life of Michael Jackson. He said that Dr. Murray looked out for himself and not Michael, nor his family, even after Michael’s death. He is asking the Judge to deny probation, citing the Judge’s words regarding the “homicide” of Michael Jackson – during the reading of the verdict. He said that it’s the People’s position that the doctor should be mandated to serve four years in State Prison after he played Russian Roulette with Michael’s life nightly. (continue reading…)

Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley, apparently has an opinion on the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. On November 7th, Conrad Murray was found guilty of manslaughter in the Michael Jackson case and faces up to four years if convicted.

Shawn is a person who has battled the judge in defense of Lindsay, so she knows a thing or two about being the devil’s advocate. She claims that the Doctor should not get the full four year sentence for his role in the death of Michael — primarily because it wouldn’t be fair.

TMZ reports:

With Murray’s sentencing hearing set for tomorrow in L.A. — we asked the effervescent Shawn Holley if Conrad deserves the 4 year prison sentence he’s expected to receive.

Holley makes it clear she doesn’t excuse Murray’s “horrible” crime … but claims he shouldn’t get the full sentence because, “He has no record.”

Murray’s hearing is set to begin at 8:30 AM tomorrow — TMZ will be livestreaming the whole thing.

Stay tuned to see how long the Doctor gets for a sentence. The worst case scenario is that he gets house arrest and a very minimal amount of jail time when he appears in court tomorrow.

What do you think of Shawn’s comments? Does he deserve the entire four years? Sound off in the comments below and let us know your thoughts!

The prosecutors in the case against Conrad Murray are asking the judge to make Murray pay over 100 million dollars. The documents filed by the D.A. says that the kids are “entitled to wages or profits lost due to injury incurred by the victim.”

The three kids are considered victims under the and require compensation for their loss. This includes wages, lost profits and funeral expenses. They claimed that they would make at least 100 million in the “This Is It” tour. The D.A. also says that they want the maximum sentence of four years because he was “risking Mr. Jackson’s life every night” by giving him Propofol to get him to sleep.

The D.A. claims that Doctor Murray lied to cover up his mistake of administering too much Propofol. Even if Murray gets the four years he will not go to prison….which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. The new California law prohibits it. Instead, he will spend about two years in the Los Angeles county jail.

The questions still remain: Did he do it on purpose? Does Murray deserve the full sentence of four years? What do you think? Sound off in the comments below!

Dr. Conrad Murray never took the stand in his own defense during the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson. Yet, in his new documentary, he claimed that he didn’t call 911 right away because he is a trained cardiologist and he could do whatever the paramedics could do upon arrival.

He made that statement in his documentary, Michael Jackson And The Doctor: A Fatal Friendship, which aired on television Friday night. His lawyers, however, never presented that as evidence in his trial.

TMZ reports:

The doc goes on to say he would have quit working for MJ if he woke up that morning — because Murray believes what happened to Jackson was the result of “his own hands.”

Obviously, he wasn’t trained enough, as he performed CPR on Michael on a bed, using only one hand. Dr. Murray faces up to four years in jail as a result of his inaction.

It’s been six weeks of the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Both sides have presented their cases, expert witnesses and facts.

The Prosecution called doctors, a Propofol expert and a sleep study expert to reveal that Dr. Murray was egregiously violating the standard of care in his treatment of Michael.

Even the Defense couldn’t really argue against that fact. Dr. Murray should have called 911 within two minutes of finding Michael not breathing. He should have had proper monitoring equipment and he shouldn’t have been using Propofol in Michael’s bedroom.

Upon cross-examination, the Defense’s expert witness even conceded that they wouldn’t have administered Propofol without being in a hospital setting without proper monitoring equipment and back up doctors, in case something bad happened.

In the end, the jury deliberated for eight hours and 14 minutes and a verdict has been reached as of 11:01 AM PST today.

Michael’s sister LaToya, tweeted, “Verdict is FINALLY IN!!! I’m on my way! I’m shaking uncontrollably!” right after it was announced that a verdict had been reached.

We’re going LIVE to the courtroom to let you know what’s going down as it happens — so stay tuned!

Dr. Murray arrived a few minutes late to the courthouse. He’s looking nervous. The foreman has just provided the jury forms to the judge.

He’s been found GUILTY of involuntary manslaughter!

The Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray will go into its second day of jury deliberations tomorrow. The jury has yet to reach a verdict in the case, and we are anxiously awaiting the outcome.

The jury first started deliberations in the case on Friday, after final closing arguments were given by both sides. The Prosecution referred to the Defense’s expert witness, Dr. White, as giving “junk science”. The Defense insisted that Dr. Murray did not kill Michael Jackson. They tried to make the case that Michael overdosed himself while Dr. Murray was out of the room.

Still, we believe that he was negligent in providing Propofol to Michael in his bedroom. Dr. Murray was also negligent in that upon learning of Michael’s addictions, he didn’t refer the singer to a sleep doctor or refuse to take him on as a client.

We know that if it wouldn’t have been Dr. Murray, it would’ve likely been another doctor…but this could have been prevented with a simple 911 call when Dr. Murray found MJ not breathing.

What do you think of the case? Stay tuned, we’ll be covering this story when the jury reaches a decision.

UPDATE: A verdict has been reached as of 11:01 AM PST today. The decision is expected to be read within two hours. Stay tuned, we’ll be covering the verdict live, as it’s read!

UPDATE: He’s been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. VERDICT HERE.

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As you may already know, the closing arguments were given by both sides in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Now, the jury is in deliberations over whether or not the doctor administered the fatal dose of Propofol on June 25, 2009.

The Prosecution called Dr. White’s claims “junk science” and said that even if Michael pushed his own drugs that day, Dr. Murray should still be considered negligent. He had drugs laying around and left the singer for two minutes or longer to use the bathroom and take phone calls, without monitoring him.

In the end, we believe that if Dr. Murray had called 911 within an appropriate amount of time, he would still be with us today. His failure to call 911 for 20 minutes was a sure sign that he wanted to clean up the evidence. He took an oath to do no harm and he violated that.

Playing the devil’s advocate for a moment, we would venture to say that if it weren’t Dr. Murray, Michael would have found another doctor to inject him with Propofol to get put to sleep.

Stay tuned, if the verdict is released today, we will have that right here at Earsucker! Do you think he’s guilty of manslaughter? Did the Prosecution prove their case? Sound off in the comments below and let us know what you think!

The question as to whether or not Dr. Conrad Murray will testify in his own defense at the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial has been answered. The Defense will resume its questioning of their final witness, Dr. Paul White, but Dr. Murray will not be taking the stand.

A source said, “Dr. Murray has told his lawyers from day one that he wants to testify, and tell his side of events. But lead attorney Ed Chernoff has determined that Dr. Murray will not take the stand because he wouldn’t be able to withstand the tough cross examination that the DA would subject him to.”

The source added, “Clients always want to testify, but in this case, Walgren would be able to wear him down, and Dr. Murray just wouldn’t be able to overcome the basic facts of the case: not calling 911 right away, failure to tell emergency room doctors and first responders that he had given Jackson propofol, and not having the proper monitoring equipment.”

Is it possible for the doctor to walk away from the trial without jail time? What do you think?

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Today, the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray will resume. Reportedly, the Defense will start to make their case today. Watch the trial here, LIVE! The trial starts at 8:45AM PST.

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Have you been following the trial? Stay tuned for updates!

Dr. Conrad Murray’s manslaughter case doesn’t seem to be going well for him. Yesterday, the Prosecution talked to Propofol expert, Dr. Steven Shafer, who told the court that the doctor continued to administer Propofol to Michael Jackson, even after his breathing stopped.

According to Dr. Shafer, Michael was still receiving an infusion of Propofol, even after his heart stopped beating.

On Thursday, he testified that Michael “died – but he’s died with the infusion running.”

He also testified that the late singer couldn’t have ingested the drug orally in order to sleep. He advised the court that he did a test on six people, who drank Propofol and were unaffected by it. He said that when taken orally, Propofol is metabolized by the liver before it reaches the blood, therefore it must be injected to receive the anesthetic effect.

Stay tuned as more details are revealed when the Defense begins its case.

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As we’ve previously reported, the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray is set to resume on Wednesday, when the court will hear the testimony of the Prosecution’s final witness.

The Deputy District Attorney, David Walgren has met with Prince Michael Jackson to discuss the possibility of them calling him to testify as a rebuttal witness against Dr. Murray.

Michael’s mother, Katherine, wants to make sure that her grandson is protected in the situation. A source said, “Even though she is steadfastly against prince testifying, she recognizes this is something he feels he must do if asked. Prince has information that’s clearly relevant to the proceedings. Make no mistake, Prince would have been called as a witness already if he was an adult.”
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The manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray is set to resume on Wednesday. The doctor is accused of being grossly negligent in his care of the late Michael Jackson.

Witnesses have testified that Dr. Murray was negligent in the fact that he was using Propofol in a home setting without adequate monitoring of his patient. Couple that with the fact that he didn’t call 911 within two minutes, and the Prosecution has nearly made its case.

The case wasn’t in court on Friday due to scheduling conflicts and it will not resume until Wednesday. One of the witnesses for the Prosecution suffered a loss in his family.

RadarOnline reports:

Los Angeles Judge Michael Pastor made the announcement Monday morning at a hearing attended by the District Attorney and the cardiologist’s lawyers; the jury wasn’t present.

Today’s session of the trial was canceled after the father of the prosecution’s final witness died this weekend, but Judge Pastor ordered the delay of one more day so that Murray’s defense team can get more details from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office test results of Lorazepam levels in Jackson’s body at the time he died.

Dr. Mark Shafer, will be called to resume his testimony on Wednesday when the trial resumes. Stay tuned!

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We’ve got a live feed of the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial — WATCH IT HERE:

It’s the second day that the jury is hearing the testimony in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial, in which Dr. Conrad Murray told cops how he administered Propofol to the late King of Pop. The jury heard testimony on Friday via the recording, which Dr. Murray admitted to giving Michael Lorazepam along with Versed, prior to giving him a somewhat small dose of the anesthetic.

Today, after the recorded testimony is played, we’re likely to hear from Detective Orlando Martinez.

In the recording, Dr. Murray told the police that he didn’t know the reason why Michael died, so he advised the family to have an autopsy done.

The taped evidence directly attacks the defense’s primary argument stating that Michael self-administered the lethal dose of Propofol. What do you think?

What do you think of the trial so far? Have you been following along? Do you think Dr. Conrad Murray is guilty? Sound off in the comments below!

On Thursday and Friday, the court heard testimony from Dr. Conrad Murray via a taped recording he made with the police and his attorney, just a couple of days after Michael Jackson died.

On the recording, Dr. Murray explained that Michael knew what Propofol was and was receiving it prior to his care. He wanted some “milk” and told Dr. Murray that it was the only thing that he knew would work, to get him to sleep.

Dr. Murray admitted to giving Michael the drug, after having given him Lorazepam and Versed. It directly goes against the defense’s argument that Michael self-administered the lethal dose of Propofol that killed him.

A source said, “The fact that the jury has heard Dr. Murray admitting to giving the Propofol almost forces Dr. Murray to testify. His lawyers have been preparing him to take the stand. However there are significant problems. Dr. Murray can come across as very, very arrogant, and seems to be a know-it-all. This could alienate the jury very quickly. If Murray hadn’t given that interview to cops, his lawyers probably wouldn’t be seriously considering putting him on the stand.”

Do you think that Dr. Murray should take the stand in his own defense? It was his attorney who claimed that Michael administered the dose of Propofol himself that created “the perfect storm” in his body and led to his death.

What are your thoughts on the matter? The court is in recess today due to Columbus Day and will resume hearing testimony tomorrow.

When the ambulance picked up Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009, Dr. Conrad Murray reportedly failed to mention to the EMTs that he had administered propofol to the singer.

TMZ reports:

The report, published by News of the World, states what TMZ has previously reported — that paramedics felt Jackson was dead when they got to the singer’s home but Dr. Murray, as the senior medical professional present, demanded that Jackson be taken to the hospital.

According to the report, Jackson had flatlined by the time paramedics arrived at the house, and he had no blood pressure, pulse or breath, and his pupils were dilated.

According to the report, Dr. Murray told paramedics Jackson was exhausted because he couldn’t fall asleep and he had given Jackson Lorazepam — a sedative. Omitting the fact that Dr. Murray gave Jackson Propofol is no doubt something the paramedics should have known about and will almost certainly be used by prosecutors in the trial.

I’m not sure how much news I would necessarily believe coming from News Of The World, but this would make sense, considering how shady Dr. Murray is.

Michael Jackson is featured on the cover of “Paris Match” magazine, with Dr. Conrad Murray on the inset photo, seemingly while visiting his grave site.

Sad, still. He may only get four years for the death of MJ.

So apparently MJ’s doctor is getting blamed for Michael Jackson’s death, I guess I’m glad I’m not a doctor, or especially one who cares for famous people. It’s so weird to me how last year if you mentioned the name Michael Jackson, everybody would snarl “THAT PERVERT FREAK!!!” or make some completely tasteless joke about MJ and his “childish” behavior. Now not only does everybody pretend like they’ve always loved him, but they want to blame somebody else for his death, maybe as some way to make themselves feel better about saying so many bad things about him for so long.

Lets face it, the guy was a mess. I don’t know what he did with kids, nobody really does, but he certainly had a life unlike any one else. I seriously can’t imagine the doctor being to blame for his poor lifestyle choices, he was undoubtedly messed up and any drugs he was being administered were not being given to him against his will.

So now the public won’t rest until somebody goes down for the un-murder of the guy that everybody called a pervert and now everybody “always loved” Now some poor doctor is going to go to prison for 4 years because he gave a shot to a drug addict who had already butchered his own face and body for 20 plus years with plastic surgery and God knows what else.

The human race is a confusing bunch sometimes.

According to TMZ, Dr. Conrad Murray is gearing up to plead not guilty when arraigned tomorrow afternoon on charges that he killed Michael Jackson.

Murray is being charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s June 25th death, after it was said that he administered lethal amounts of Propofol to the singer.

Reportedly, Murray is set to arrive at the courthouse between 1:00 and 2:00 PM PST. (continue reading…)

Well, it’s about freaking time!

Dr. Conrad Murray, the douche who was charged with taking care of Michael Jackson, is finally going to be arrested and charged on Friday, February 5, 2009.

He is set to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to TMZ. Reportedly, Dr. Murray will turn himself in to the LAPD Friday morning for booking and court. He will face a judge at Airport Court in Los Angeles at 1:30 PM.

Fry him tonight!

According to sources, we’ve just found that Michael Jackson’s doctors, both Dr. Conrad Murray and Dr. Arnold Klein are set to be charged in his death.

Dr. Murray is expected to be arrested and charged with manslaughter next week. Meanwhile, Dr. Klein will be charged with something related to medical malpractice. (continue reading…)