{"id":5823,"date":"2011-11-03T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T08:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2011-11-03T08:28:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T08:28:01","slug":"closing-arguments-begin-in-murray-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/11\/closing-arguments-begin-in-murray-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Arguments Begin In Murray Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson\u2019s personal physician.<\/p>\n<p>The jury of seven men and five women will hear from prosecutors and defense attorneys who will summarize their respective cases after 22 days of testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors will try to show that Dr. Conrad Murray was criminally negligent by giving the singer the sedative as a sleep aid without the proper medical equipment. They contend the Houston-based cardiologist administered the fatal dose but have also elicited testimony that the doctor was distracted and left Jackson\u2019s bedside on the morning of the singer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorneys will try to convince jurors that Murray didn\u2019t administer the fatal dose and that Jackson is to blame for his own death.<\/p>\n<p>Murray has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/nov\/3\/closing-arguments-to-begin-in-jackson-doc-trial\/\">Associated Press \/ Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson\u2019s personal physician. The jury of seven men and five women will hear from prosecutors and defense attorneys who will summarize their respective cases after 22 days of testimony. 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