May 24, 2013

Conrad Murray Breaks Into Song on CNN (Watch)

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*Dr. Conrad Murray, currently serving four years for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death, maintained his innocence and broke into song during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. Speaking by phone on “Anderson Cooper 360,” Murray said when his sentence is up, he wants to “motivate people and continue to do selfless acts.” [...]




Conrad Murray Writing a Michael Jackson Tell-All

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*Dr. Conrad Murray, currently serving time for the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson, is reportedly spending his time penning a ”tell-all” book about the King of Pop. However, publishers have so far given him the cold shoulder, reports Radar Online. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] A source close to Murray said: ”Dr. Murray spends most [...]




AEG Withdraws Insurance Claim over MJ’s Scrapped Concerts

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*Michael Jackson’s concert promoters have withdrawn a $17.5 million dollar insurance claim over loss of revenue from his “This Is It” series of concerts. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Promoter AEG pursued the sum over loss of revenue from the late singer’s “This Is It” series of 50 concerts in London. Jackson died of acute [...]




Conrad Murray Files Appeal Requesting Re-Test of Key Evidence

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*Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist convicted of manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson, filed a request on Monday to have a key piece of evidence in his trial re-tested, reports MTV.com. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The physician is asking an appellate court to order a lab to authorize a forensic analysis on [...]




Michael Jackson Letter to Lisa Marie Presley Pulled from Auction

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*A letter that Michael Jackson wrote to ex-girlfriend Lisa Marie Presley describing his inability to sleep has been removed from the set of lots up for action after Presley complained. The famous daughter of Elvis Presley was the recipient of a rather unnerving letter from MJ sometime between 1993 and 1996, in which the King [...]




Propofol, the Drug that Killed Michael Jackson, Now an Execution Cocktail

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*(Via CBS News) – The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won’t cause pain and suffering for the condemned. Last week [...]




Judge Rejects Conrad Murray’s Bid for Bail During Appeal

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*Michael Jackson’s former physician Dr. Conrad Murray has lost his bid for freedom as he appeals his involuntary manslaughter conviction. Dr. Murray was sentenced to four years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of administering the fatal dose of anesthetic Propofol, which cost the King of Pop his life in 2009. He’s fighting [...]




Conrad Murray Tries to Get Manslaughter Conviction Overturned

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*Dr. Conrad Murray has filed legal docs in an attempt to overturn his conviction for the manslaughter of Michael Jackson, claiming the singer was so stressed out by his financial problems that he gambled with his own life by taking Propofol, reports TMZ. In a section of the legal documents titled “Financial Condition of Michael [...]




Conrad Murray to Serve About 2 Yrs of 4-Yr Sentence (Photos)

Dr. Conrad Murray is shown in this Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking photograph taken November 7, 2011, the day of his involuntary manslaughter conviction of pop star Michael Jackson death and released to the news media November 29, 2011, the day Murray was handed a four year sentence for the death of of Jackson. Murray will serve his four year sentence at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department facility.

*Even though the doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday, Los Angeles Sheriff’s officials announced that Dr. Conrad Murray will only serve a little less than two years behind bars due to California’s Realignment Act. The Sheriffs office also said Murray will be [...]




Conrad Murray Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

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*Dr Conrad Murray has been sentenced to the maximum four years in prison after being found guilty on a count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. But under California’s new Realignment law, the four years are reduced immediately to two years in country prison. The sentencing was handed down by Judge Michael Pastor [...]




Conrad Murray Wants to Speak at His Sentencing

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*Dr. Conrad Murray’s world came a’tumbling down when he was found guilty in the death of Michael Jackson. He allegedly admitted he wants to take his own life and who knows what the man is going through privately as he is being blamed for the death of the biggest pop star in history. Now, according [...]




Judge Denies Dr. Murray’s Request to Retest Key Evidence

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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 [...]




Defense Witness in Dr. Murray Trial Fined $250

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*A defense witness in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor was fined $250 on Wednesday, but was spared payment of an expected $1000 for calling another witness a “scumbag,” reports Reuters. Propofol expert Dr. Paul White was ordered to pay $250 for repeatedly introducing information in his testimony based on his private conversations [...]




Rebbie Jackson: ‘I Have No Sympathy for Murray’ (Video)

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*Appearing live on the “Today” show this morning, Michael Jackson’s eldest sister, Rebbie Jackson, told Ann Curry she has little sympathy for Murray or his feelings of friendship toward her deceased brother. “I do not (feel sympathetic),” she told Curry.  “I don’t, because if you love someone, you’re going to do what you think is [...]




Guilty! Jury Finds Conrad Murray Caused Death of Michael Jackson

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After 10 days of deliberation, a jury on Monday found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. In the six-week trial, prosecutors accused Murray, 58, of recklessly administering a lethal dose of the powerful anesthesia propofol to the King of Pop in June of 2009. Defense attorneys claimed that [...]