Jury reaches verdict in trial of Conrad Murray

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The jury in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray, doctor to pop star Michael Jackson, has reached a verdict.

The announcement is expected at the Los Angeles court at around 13:00 local time (21:00 GMT).

Dr Murray, 58, who is accused of involuntary manslaughter, denies giving the pop superstar a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative, propofol.

If convicted, he could face a sentence of four years in prison and lose his licence to practise medicine.

The jury - made up of one African American, six whites and five Hispanics - deliberated on Friday and through the morning on Monday.

Outside the court, fans of Michael Jackson have begun cheering and chanting, "Guilty! Guilty!"

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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15624869

So they have finally found him guilty then!

lol, been watching it on tmz. heard somewhere that he'll only get house arrest for a few months? hopefully it'll be prison time though - but hey, at least he won't be practicing medicine ever again.

Silly silly judges... convicted of "Criminal Negligence" from what i heard, I don't know how a criminal can be negligent, yes being negligent makes you commit something accidentally without intention too, if anything this was Michael Jacksons negligence to his own body.

Ridiculous in my opinion. Just because of MJs stature they needed someone to blame.

Yep, just saw Lord Sugar announce it on Twitter! I find all this a bit fishy really because Michael Jackson MUST have known what he was taking... and he therefore must have requested it.

..but then again, it's up to the doctor to dissuade him.

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Originally Posted by Mathew

Yep, just saw Lord Sugar announce it on Twitter! I find all this a bit fishy really because Michael Jackson MUST have known what he was taking... and he therefore must have requested it.

..but then again, it's up to the doctor to dissuade him.

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How do you say no to one of the most famous and powerful men in the world who has specifically hired you though? Feel sorry for the chap.

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Originally Posted by Hopeless

How do you say no to one of the most famous and powerful men in the world who has specifically hired you though? Feel sorry for the chap.

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Yeah that's true, but he's undoubtedly extremely good at his job or he wouldn't have got it in the first place. He was being paid to take care of him. :P

Yeah, I'm torn.

I don't know how I feel about this. I've found the whole thing really controversial and pretty painful to follow since the beginning. I do agree that is was the doctor's responsibility to persuade Michael using the drug wasn't in his best interests if that was the case, but there are doctors out there that prescribe things they shouldn't all the freakin' time! I believe prison time is too much of a harsh sentence; stripping his doctors licence is sufficient punishment in my opinion. I don't for one second believe that the doctor wanted to harm Michael.

Take his medical license away and that should have been it imo
this is just a show trial

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Originally Posted by Hopeless

How do you say no to one of the most famous and powerful men in the world who has specifically hired you though? Feel sorry for the chap.

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i wouldn't be surprised if he could have just simply quit (as after all, jacko was only one of his patients), but i bet the $$$$ was enough to quash his guilt of what he was doing.

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The total sum Conrad Murray of a $150,000 for twelve months would be almost $1,800,000 which is quite a bit more than the average cardiologist salary. According to the physician salary medium online, an average yearly salary of $398,034, this is over four times the average salary of a person who had the same job.

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just shows what greed does to a man, eh?