Dr. Conrad Murray will be allowed to continue to practice medicine in California while awaiting trial in his Michael Jackson involuntary manslaughter case. During a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, Judge Michael Pastor declined to grant a request by California authorities to suspend Murray’s license to practice, CNN reports.Murray’s attorneys fought the restriction, [...]
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Joe Jackson: Doctor charged in Michael’s death ‘the fall guy’
February 9th, 2010 |
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Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson, says he believes the doctor charged for involuntary manslaughter in the death of his son is the “fall guyâ€. Dr. Conrad Murray leaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson at a brief hearing. He is accused of
Michael Jackson’s doctor to be charged with manslaughter
February 3rd, 2010 |
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Prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson’s doctor with manslaughter, according to a law enforcement official. The official said on Tuesday that prosecutors will file a criminal complaint against Dr. Conrad Murray in court rather than go through a secret grand jury. The person is not
Jackson police begin criminal inquiry
July 24th, 2009 |
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Search warrant confirms inquiry becoming criminal investigation
The investigation into the death of Michael Jackson is being treated as possible manslaughter, according to a search warrant relating to the pop star’s personal doctor filed with the Los Angeles courts.
Speculation that the inquiry is moving in a criminal direction has been confirmed with the court documents that grant detectives the power to seek “property or items constituting evidence of the offence of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offence”.
Murray was the Las Vegas-based physician whom Jackson employed to care for him during the build up to and completion of his London series of concerts that had been scheduled for this month. The doctor was at the singer’s side when he collapsed on June 25.
A clinic in Texas and a lock-up used by Murray were raided by officers of the US drugs agency and LA police on Wednesday. The court documents show that among items seized were 27 tablets of a weight loss drug called phentermine, one pill of clonazepam, a muscle relaxant and two computer hard drives.
The raids come ahead of results which are due to be announced by the LA county coroner’s office of the toxicology tests on Jackson which are expected in the next week or two. The focus appears to be on the anaesthetic propofol that was found in Jackson’s rented mansion after his death. Paraphernalia associated with the administration of the sedative, including a stand holding an intravenous drip and an oxygen tank, were also found in the room.
Murray is registered to practise in California, Nevada and Texas. There have been reports that medical authorities are investigating his practice with a view to suspending his licence.
Several other doctors used by Jackson in recent months have also been the subject of police interest, although none of them have as yet been interviewed by officers.
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Ivorian jailed for match stampede
July 24th, 2009 |
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An Ivorian football official has been sentenced to six months in jail for his role in a deadly stadium stampede.
Albert Kacou Anzouan, head of Ivorian Football Federation’s match organising committee, was also fined $1,000 for manslaughter, AFP news agency reports.
Twenty people died and more than 130 were injured when a wall collapsed at an Abidjan stadium shortly before a World Cup qualifier match in March.
Another man responsible for ticketing at the match was also sentenced. </p
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Jackson’s doctor is probe target
July 24th, 2009 |
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Michael Jackson’s personal doctor has been identified as the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer’s death, US court papers say.
Dr Conrad Murray’s medical clinic in Houston, Texas, and another site rented by him were searched on Wednesday.
Police have said previously that Dr Murray is not a suspect but the search warrant allowed the authorities to seek evidence of manslaughter.
The doctor was at Jackson’s mansion and tried to revive him before he died.
Dr Murray has already been interviewed twice by police, who had asked for medical records in addition to those already provided.
According to the warrant, approved by a Houston judge and filed in Harris County District Court, authorities were looking for "items constituting evidence of the offence of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr Conrad Murray committed the said criminal offence".
Unwelcome attention
Items seized during the searches included 27 tablets of the weight loss drug phentermine, a tablet of the muscle relaxant clonazepam, two hard drives, notices from the Internal Revenue Service and a controlled substance registration.
Speaking a few days after Jackson’s death, Dr Murray’s lawyer, Edward Chernoff, denied his client administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer’s death.
But he said that, because of his closeness to Jackson at his death, the doctor had received unwelcome attention from people angry at the singer’s demise.
Mr Chernoff was present at Wednesday’s searches.
"I do not know what they are looking for and I can’t possibly tell you how anything they took in any way connects with the death of Michael Jackson," he was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying.
An official determination of what killed Jackson will not be made until after a toxicology report, which is expected to be completed next week. </p
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Manslaughter possible charge in death of Michael Jackson
July 23rd, 2009 |
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If Michael Jackson’s death turns into a manslaughter case, prosecutors would have to show that not only did someone provide the pop star with the drugs that killed him but did so in a negligent or reckless fashion. The possibility of such a charge emerged Wednesday after authorities served a