A California jury on Monday found Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, guilty of involuntary manslaughter after less than two full days of deliberation. The 12-member jury, composed of seven men and five men, said Murray was “substantially responsible” for the King of Pop’s death in June 2009, when he administered nightly lethal doses of the anesthetic drug, propofol, to help Jackson sleep.
Throughout the trial, prosecutors hammered home that Murray had purchased more than four gallons of propofol which he gave the singer nightly, without having the necessary life saving and monitoring equipment in place. So powerful is propofol that medical experts say it is usually administered in a hospital setting and not in the home. Two other sedatives were also given to the King of Pop hours before he died.
Murray faces a sentence that ranges from probation to 4 years in prison and he would lose his medical license.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor will decide Murray’s sentence and not the jury.
Following the verdict, Murray was remanded into custody, handcuffed and ordered to jail until sentencing. He will be sentenced on November 29, later this month.
