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*Six degrees of separation to the King of Pop seemed to hamper jury selection in his mother Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit against promoters AEG. According to the Associated Press, extensive connections of Michael Jackson, his family and friends became a challenge Monday for a judge trying to seat an impartial jury for his mother’s wrongful death [...]
*Jury selection began Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother against AEG Live, the promoter of the late singer’s planned comeback concerts. Dozens of prospective jurors answered written questionnaires that gauged their ability to serve on the trial, which may last three months, reports the Associated Press. One 24-page section of the questionnaire [...]
*The doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death is returning to court to meet the first batch of potential jurors who may eventually decide whether to convict him of involuntary manslaughter, reports the AP. It will be the second time this year that a judge, prosecutors and attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray try to pick a [...]
*With lawyers raising a new theory involving money and its role in Michael Jackson’s death, a judge is summoning a third panel of prospective jurors for the involuntary manslaughter case against Dr. Conrad Murray, reports the AP. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, who has already screened 340 prospects and cleared 147 of those for availability, [...]
*The manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray got off to a slow start yesterday when almost all of the potential jurors told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor that they were aware of the case. According to the AP, Pastor, the prosecutors and Murray’s defense team screened about 160 prospective jurors, [...]
*The first steps toward the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor on involuntary manslaughter charges are taking place as 320 prospective jurors gather at a Los Angeles courtroom for the first phase of the screening process, reports the AP. Houston based cardiologist Conrad Murray is accused of gross negligence in giving Jackson a lethal dose of [...]
*A jury has been selected in the Barry Bonds perjury trial, and today prosecutors and the slugger’s lawyers are scheduled to deliver opening statements, reports the AP. Both sides spent five hours Monday picking a jury of eight women and four men with two women alternates. The jurors were excused Monday afternoon without hearing testimony, [...]
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