pin:231B0D40»» Michael Jackson doctor #ConradMurray released from prison: Former cardiologist freed after serving nearly two years of four-year sentence for role in singers death in 2009 The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail on Monday after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence. Conrad Murray was released from a jail in #LosAngeles at 12.01am, according to the sheriffs office. A change in California law allowed his incarceration time to be significantly reduced. The former cardiologist was convicted in 2011 of causing Jacksons death in June 2009 by providing the singer with an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol as a sleep aid. Jackson was in the midst of preparations for a series of comeback concerts and Murray was serving as his personal physician. Murrays prospects are uncertain: his licence to practise medicine has been suspended or revoked in three states and he is well-known due to his highly publicised trial for involuntary manslaughter. He is appealing against his conviction, although an appeals court has questioned whether it needs to hear the case. His lawyer Valerie Wass has argued that the court should not dismiss the appeal because it could alter his overall sentence and reduce some of the stigma his conviction has caused. Despite being jailed, Murray has not been entirely silent. Audio recordings of his calls have been posted on the gossip website TMZ and he told a US morning television show that he cried tears of joy after a civil jury recently determined that the promoters of Jacksons comeback shows did not negligently hire Murray. He did not, however, testify in the civil case or take the stand during his criminal trial. Murray, 60, who previously maintained clinics in Houston and Las Vegas, frequently complained about conditions in jail after his conviction. He was allowed to serve his entire sentence in Los Angeles rather than a state prison due to a law aimed at easing overcrowding by shifting nonviolent offenders to local facilities. Dr Murray has not received any special treatment in jail and in fact has many less privileges than most inmates because of his notoriety, Wass said this year. She said he is very much looking forward to his release and getting on with his life. However, the fact of his incarceration is increasingly difficult for him. In a lawsuit filed by Jacksons mother against the concert giant AEG Live LLC, jurors determined that the doctor was not unfit or incompetent to serve as Jacksons tour doctor, but said they did not condone Murrays conduct. That doesnt mean we felt he was ethical, the jury foreman, Gregg Barden, said after the verdict. No doctor or medical expert has condoned Murrays treatments of Jackson during either the criminal case or the civil litigation. The former cardiologist told police he gave the star nightly doses of propofol to help him sleep but lacked the proper medical or monitoring equipment that is required to administer anaesthesia. Although widely used, propofol is intended only for surgical settings and experts have noted that its effects are not actually sleep. * Conrad Murray * Los Angeles * #UnitedStates theguardian © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds @OfficialMGN @officialMGN
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:59:37 +0000
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