Jury reaches Jackson trial verdict

Murray was convicted of involuntary http://www.fashionjewelryse.com manslaughter after a five-week trial and will spend up to four years in prison when he is sentenced on November 29.

A shattered Murray, now a convicted felon, stared blankly ahead as the verdict was read.

"This is a crime where the end result was the death of a human being," said Superior Court judge Michael Pastor, denying a bail application, "and the public should be protected".

Court sheriffs leaned over Murray's chair while he was still seated and handcuffed him, even before the judge had finished speaking. He appeared shocked and degraded.

The entire Jackson family was inside the court and La Toya Jackson leapt from her seat and yelled as the verdict was read. Most of the 15 family members, who have been in attendance throughout the trial, cried with relief.

Outside court, fans who had been chanting "Justice for Michael", cheered the Jackson clan as they exited.

All the fans refused to acknowledge that their hero had been a drug addict for many years and, like the Jackson family, viewed Murray as a wanton killer

"Justice was served, (but) it wasn't enough time though," said Jermaine Jackson.

La Toya Jackson said: "Thank you America, thanks all the http://www.brandshoese.com fans. Michael loves everybody out here. And guess what, he was in that courtroom and victory was served."

Jackson died shortly after midday on June 25, http://www.footballnewsee.com 2009, of acute Propofol toxicity, a powerful anaesthetic which Murray had been giving Jackson every night for two months prior to his death. Two other barbiturates, also administered by Murray, were also in his system.

Cardiologists and anaesthesiologists testified that Murray had committed numerous egregious acts of negligence while caring for Jackson and should never have given Jackson such a drug outside of a hospital setting.

Murray lacked the proper heart and respiratory monitoring equipment, kept no records of the drugs he gave and, most inexplicably, waited more than 20 minutes to call for an ambulance after Jackson had stopped breathing.

Murray had worked with Jackson and his children for several years but had signed on as Jackson's full-time physician as Jackson prepared for his sold-out, 50-show comeback concert series, "This Is It", which was due to begin in London the following month.

Murray would be waiting for http://www.brandjewelryse.com Jackson at his home every night after his rehearsals, where he would give Jackson his "milk", as Jackson called Propofol, along with other sedatives.

But the profile of Jackson given by addiction specialists was of a person who had been deeply drug-dependent for many years.

Murray had signed on with Jackson at $150,000 per month after leaving his cardiology practice and effectively became Jackson's personal drug dealer.

Prosecutor David Walgren told the jury in his closing address: "The evidence in this case is overwhelmingly, abundantly clear that Conrad Murray acted with criminal negligence, that Conrad Murray caused the death of Michael Jackson, that Conrad Murray left Prince, Paris and Blanket without a father."

But the defence lawyer Ed Chernoff said Murray "just a little fish in a big dirty pond", suggesting he was just one of the many doctors who supplied Jackson with drugs.

Murray, who did not testify in his own defence, ordered large amounts of Propofol in the two months prior to his death and fitted Jackson up with an intravenous drip to help him sleep. He added to this regimen with other sedatives.

Sometime before midday on June 25, Murray walked back into Jackson's bedroom after making a series of phonecalls. Jackson was not breathing.

Rather than calling 911, Murray appeared to go into a panic. He called Jackson's oldest son, Paris, to the room, where Jackson was lying on his back, with his eyes open and palms up. Paris started crying, knowing his father was dead.