On Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office formally charged Dr. Conrad Murray with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray, 56, the former personal physician to Jackson and the last person to see Jackson alive, could serve up to four years in prison if convicted. Update: Murray entered at the L.A. courthouse (without handcuffs) around 1 p.m.. Members of the Jackson family — including mother Katherine and siblings La Toya, Jermaine and Jackie — also arrived to attend Murray’s arraignment.
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In the charge filed at an L.A. Superior Court, the D.A. alleges that Murray “did unlawfully and without malice kill Michael Joseph Jackson…in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony and in the commission of a lawful act which might have produced death, in an unlawful manner and without due caution and circumspection.”
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Jackson died in his L.A. mansion on June 25, 2009 at age 50; he suffered cardiac arrest as a result of lethal amounts of propofol administered by Murray. Propofol is a powerful anesthetic usually only used in hospitals and other medical settings. Murray admitted to giving Jackson (who suffered from insomnia) the potent drug, but has previously denied any culpability in the pop star’s death. “Please don’t worry,” he told supporters in a YouTube message this past August. “I will be fine. I have done all I could do. I told the truth.”
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But Brian Oxman, a lawyer for the Jackson family, said on CBS’ The Early Show last Wednesday that Murray deserves a “second-degree murder charge…I think the family will be very, very upset.”
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Although many have speculated that Murray had planned to surrender himself to authorities, his attorneys have not yet replied to the D.A.’s charges. His arraignment is scheduled for later Monday afternoon.
[Credit: Us Magazine]
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