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Conrad Murray Trial: Murray Will Not Testify [UPDATED]

Conrad Murray will not take the stand, signaling the near end of the case.

Defense witness Dr. Paul White testifies in the final stage of Conrad Murray's trial (AP)
Defense witness Dr. Paul White testifies in the final stage of Conrad Murray's trial (AP)

[UPDATE | Nov. 1, 2011, 1:48 p.m.: Conrad Murray announced on Tuesday that he will not testify in his own defense.  After 22 days of testimony, both sides have agreed that they no longer need witnesses to take the stand.

Court will be in recess until Thursday when the closing arguments will take place.]

The judge asked lead attorney Ed Chernoff whether he had conferred with Murray about his rights and Chernoff said yes.

"The court finds that the defendant has knowingly, freely and explicity waived his right to testify," the judge said. "I certainly will respect that decision."

Attorneys on both sides of the case only had a few questions left on Tuesday for the remaining witnesses.  Two anesthesia experts wrapped up their testimonies about the powerful drug, propofol, that killed Jackson.

Dr. Paul White, an anesthesia expert, believes Jackson injected himself with propofol when Murray left his bedside on June 25, 2009.

Prosecutor and Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren aggressively prosecuted White.

Dr. Steven Schafer, an anesthesiologist, was the final witness Tuesday, and took the stand to refute White's claims.  Schafer stated that he believes Murray administered Jackson's fatal overdose.

Murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, but could face up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license.

 

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COMMENTS

Four gallons of propofol, that's enough to put the whole courtroom to sleep! This doctor is out of his f*****g mind or what? Notice how he remains eerily stoic and expressionless; he knows he screwed up. This doctor has betrayed the Hippocratic Oath; he is guilty as sin. However, Michael also had a huge responsibility in his own demise. Say no to drugs. The pharmaceutical and medicine industry are the biggest fraud.
Nearly 800 thousand people die every year in the USA from iatrogenic diseases (diseases caused by medical treatment - Physician-induced) As the Christ was the most famous victim of crucifixion Michael Jackson is the most famous victim of iatrogenic diseases (I'm not implying any parallelism or likeness between MJ and the Christ other than what is explicitly said in this comment, if you have a problem with that; it's your problem) - Also, say no to the numerous MJ' s exploitation out there. Joe Jackson is still pursuing to launch a line of perfumes with a professional crook. See the sickening photos of Julian Rouas posing with MJ' s kids, Prince and Paris, to promote his stinking Jackson Tribute Perfumes:
http://jacksontributefragrances.blogspot.com

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