Half of the chosen panelists are Caucasian, five are Hispanic and one is African-American. The jurors have a wide range of professions, including a bus driver, paralegal and a bookseller. Prosecutors say Dr Murray acted with "gross negligence" and gave Jackson a lethal dose of propofol.
The defence claim Jackson administered too much of the sleeping aid himself. In the audio, recorded six weeks before the star's death, the star appears to slur his speech as he tells Dr Murray about his plans for the This Is It tour. He is heard telling detectives: "He's not able to sleep naturally". Prosecution witness Dr Christopher Rogers, the medic who carried out the singer's post mortem, said it was more likely that Dr Murray mistakenly gave him too much.
Dr Shafer said the drug should never be used to treat insomnia. Dr Allan Metzger, a friend of Jackson's for over two decades, testifies the singer had requested anaesthetics from him as a sleep aid. She told him: "No one who cared or had your best interest at heart would give you this". After refusing to supply Jackson with the drug in April, she never saw him again.
Dr Waldman says records from Jackson's dermatologist show he had large doses of the drug in the months before his death and that insomnia is a symptom of Demerol withdrawal. He admits the drug is not usually used to treat insomnia, describing it as "complete off-label use of the drug". He says he made his decision "freely and explicitly". The prosecution concludes by saying the doctor's care of Jackson had been "bizarre". The defence maintains Dr Murray was not responsible and that the singer caused his own death while his doctor was out of the room.
Earlier this month, the jury ruled in favour of AEG. It determined that Murray was not unfit or incompetent to serve as Jackson's tour doctor. Murray told police he gave the pop star nightly doses of propofol to help him sleep but lacked the proper medical or monitoring equipment required to administer anaesthesia.
Jackson family lose negligence case. Jackson doctor gets four years. Jackson doctor given four years. Dr Conrad Murray: Trial timeline. Conrad Murray case goes to jury. Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years in Licence revoked. AEG lawyers say it was Jackson who chose, hired and supervised Murray. Gongaware knew Jackson well, having been tour manager for the singer in previous years. Branca was Jackson's lawyer until about seven years before his death.
He said Jackson rehired him just weeks before he died. David Adams made Dr. Murray "truly upset," Adams says Murray "presented himself as being Mr. Jackson's personal physician and spokesperson" in MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray tried to recruit an anesthesiologist to join them on his comeback tour, according to testimony in the AEG Live wrongful death trial.
Murray arranged the meeting in March in which Jackson asked Dr. David Adams to travel with him to London, Adams testified. Murray told investigators he began infusing Jackson with the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat his insomnia in April, a treatment that eventually killed the pop icon.
More Videos MIchael Jackson's ex-wife cries on stand Did Debbie Rowe's testimony help? Paris Jackson's deposition Prince Jackson testifies against AEG Debbie Rowe: Paris Jackson 'has no life' since father's death. Jurors in the trial of Jackson's last concert promoter viewed the video depositions of Adams and two other witnesses Wednesday ahead of a six-day break in testimony. Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live, contending the company's executives negligently hired, retained or supervised Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's propofol overdose death.
AEG Live's lawyers argue it was Jackson -- not its executives -- who chose and controlled Murray and that they had no way of knowing about the dangerous treatments he was giving the singer in the privacy of his bedroom. Adams, who administered propofol to Jackson during cosmetic dental procedures in Las Vegas four times in , said Jackson and Murray never told him what his duties would be if he took a job with the tour.
Every once in a while I need an IV," Adams testified. Jackson and Murray, however, never mentioned that administering propofol or treating his insomnia would be one of his responsibilities on tour, the anesthesiologist testified.
Jackson never asked him to do anything medically inappropriate, Adams said. Adams hinted that there was jealously on Murray's part when Jackson courted him for a tour job. Defense expert: Promoter didn't pressure Jackson's doctor.
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