The trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death resumed Wednesday after days of delay, with jurors hearing from a leading expert on the powerful anesthetic propofol that authorities say killed the King of Pop.
Dr. Steven Shafer’s early testimony focused on his lengthy credentials, studies he has helped create, and his work crafting guidelines and warnings that are included with every bottle of propofol.
Prosecutors claim Murray ignored those warnings by giving Jackson the anesthetic in the bedroom of his rented mansion.
Shafer told jurors he is not charging for his work on the Jackson case, in part because he wants to restore public confidence in the medication and doctors.
“I am asked every day in the operating room, `Are you going to give me the drug that killed Michael Jackson,”‘ Shafer said. “This is a fear that patients do not need to have.”
The researcher, who is also a practicing anesthesiologist, is the prosecution’s final witness in its case against Dr. Conrad Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
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