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*A judge has turned down a request Monday by lawyers for the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death to have an independent laboratory test the contents of a key vial of evidence. Just days before the scheduled Nov. 29 sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said defense attorneys could have [...]
*Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter case of Michael Jackson’s doctor begin deliberations today following a six-week trial that painted Conrad Murray as either an inept and opportunistic physician or a naive outsider granted access to the pop superstar’s inner realm. The seven-man, five-woman panel listened Thursday as prosecutors and defense attorneys argued over whether Murray [...]
*A steady stream of character witnesses are expected on the stand today as the defense continues to present their case in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician accused in his death. According to the Los Angeles Times, the witnesses are expected to paint Dr. Murray as a competent and caring [...]
*Prosecutors are expected to play for jurors a police interview conducted with Dr. Conrad Murray during which he lays out his version of events in the final hours of Michael Jackson’s life. The more-than two hour interview has never been played in public before, nor has a transcript of its contents been released reports the [...]
*Day three of the manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray is currently underway in Los Angeles following an emotional day of testimony on Wednesday that included a description of Michael Jackson’s children as they witnessed their father dying. The second day of the Conrad Murray trial opened with continuing testimony from AEG’s Paul Gongaware, who testified [...]
*A 12-person jury was selected on Friday to hear the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s former doctor. The panel of seven men and five women includes one man who said he briefly met Jackson when he worked at Walt Disney Co in the 1980s when the singer was starring in the “Captain EO” film that [...]
*Defense attorneys for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death say they might request a delay in his upcoming trial to prepare for new prosecution witnesses, reports the AP. Defense attorney Ed Chernoff said extra time could be needed to line up expert defense witnesses to rebut new prosecution experts expected to be called during [...]
*Prosecutors have been granted permission to show jurors two images from Michael Jackson’s autopsy during the involuntary manslaughter trial of the pop star’s doctor, according to a judge’s ruling Thursday. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said the photographs, one of which shows Jackson clothed and another one with him nude, are relevant to the case [...]
*Defense lawyers are seeking urgent tests of two syringes and an IV bag found in Michael Jackson’s mansion, arguing that the evidence in the manslaughter case against the singer’s doctor is drying up and deteriorating, reports The Associated Press. According to a transcript of a 40-minute closed session with a judge obtained Wednesday by The [...]
*California’s medical board has renewed a bid to suspend the license of Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician charged in Michael Jackson’s death. The state attorney general’s office argued in a brief filed Monday that the current prohibition against Dr. Murray using anesthetics is insufficient, reports the AP. “While the defendant asserts that he will not [...]
*Dr. Conrad Murray, the man charged in Michael Jackson’s death, visited Joel Osteen’s mega-church in Houston on Sunday for private prayer between morning services. According to sources at Lakewood Church, Murray met with Joel and his wife Victoria for about 10 minutes in between the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. sermons. Joel’s brother Paul was also [...]
*It looks like Dr. Conrad Murray will definitely go to trial over claims that his actions led to the death of his former patient, Michael Jackson. Murray’s lawyer said Thursday there will be no plea bargain in the involuntary manslaughter case, however he expressed concerns over whether an impartial jury can be seated for a [...]
*Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray say he is “hanging on by a thread” and must be allowed to continue practicing medicine so that he can pay for his defense on a manslaughter charge in the singer’s death, the Associated Press repoted. Murray’s lawyers made the statement in court papers filed Thursday in response [...]
*Joseph Jackson intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit against his late son’s doctor Conrad Murray within 90 days, claiming the physician’s actions resulted in murder. Jackson’s lawyer Brian Oxman said Tuesday the amount of the powerful anesthetic propofol given to Michael Jackson by Murray before his death on June 25 “was reckless, and it [...]
*Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray has finally been charged with involuntary manslaughter, ending a seven-month investigation into the singer’s death. The cardiologist, who was with Jackson when he died June 25 at his rented Los Angeles home, is accused of acting “unlawfully and without malice” in bringing about Jackson’s death, according to a complaint filed [...]
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