Man convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death will attempt to get medical licenses reinstated
THE MAN convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death has been freed from jail two years early due to overcrowding.
Conrad Murray, who served two years of a four-year sentence for causing the pop star’s death in 2009, left the Los Angeles County jail today (Oct 28) under sheriff’s escort, avoiding reporters and fans waiting for his release.
The cardiologist, who was hired to serve as Jackson’s personal doctor for his comeback tour in 2009, told investigators he gave Jackson nightly infusions of propofol to treat his intractable insomnia for two months so he could rest for rehearsals.
Prosecutors argued that his negligence included leaving Jackson unmonitored and unattended while the powerful anesthetic was being pumped into his vein through an IV drip.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, arguing for the maximum four years in jail, said Murray was “playing Russian roulette with Michael Jackson’s life every single night,” by using propofol to put him to sleep in “a reckless, obscene manner.”
Murray’s lawyers unsuccessfully argued that Jackson self-administered the drug while Murray was out of his bedroom.
“My entire approach may not have been an orthodox approach, but my intentions were good,” he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper interview last April.
A jury concluded after a two-month trial that the 60-year-old’s negligence led to Jackson’s death from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol.
Murray, who the sheriff’s spokesman described as an exemplary inmate, was kept away from the general inmate population during his two years in the jail. He was also allowed to have liberal use of a telephone inside his cell during his last year.
The cardiologist’s lawyer said Murray would try to get his medical licenses reinstated in California, Texas and Nevada so he can resume the medical career interrupted by his conviction on the involuntary manslaughter in 2011. – The Voice
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