Los Angeles has not seen a trial like this since O.J. Simpson’s murder trial in the 1990s, and the cameras are ready to roll. By Monday evening, 15 satellite trucks and news vans were parked within a block of the courthouse. In an effort to calm what is already expected to be a media circus, […]
Much of the testimony will focus on the anesthetic propofol, normally administered as a sedative in hospital settings. Prosecutors plan to play (in more detail) a recording of the physician’s interview with police conducted two days after Jackson’s death, when he revealed that he had been giving the entertainer propofol. The disclosure led to Murray […]
Chernoff’s statement — during which he pledged to focus on scientific testimony concerning propofol — contrasted with the prosecution’s opening, which included a shocking audio recording of a drugged Michael Jackson, his distinctive voice nearly unrecognizable. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren outlined the prosecution’s case against Murray, claiming that the doctor administered a lethal […]
Michael Jackson’s doctor had been trying to wean the singer off using a powerful sedative as his sleep-inducing agent, defence attorneys said in a Los Angeles court Tuesday, as the trial of Conrad Murray got underway. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Jackson, who at the time was in rehearsals […]