media coverage of the trial

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the arraignment do you remember

a lack of media reporting  so compare with this photo - why

and again this time we see on YT that there was a lot of press, but here again the main UK newspaper and tv news stations avoid it why?

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rany complains on his twitter that the press were seated before them

but why tweet this

should he have more important things on his mind

such as justice for mike

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did know where to stick this

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.actio ... 4978106536

Did Michael Jackson Really Die?
March 16, 2010 12:46 AM EDT (Updated: March 17, 2010 09:49 PM EDT)
views: 924 | comments: 5
Now, now, relax and give me a chance to explain myself before you flail your arms in disgust at my headline.

I know the "King of Pop" really did pass away last year, so this isn't some nutty conspiracy theory. I know Michael isn't in a bar in Cuba somewhere with Elvis and 2pac, laughing as they all share what would admittedly have been one interesting conversation.

This is about his legacy, his music and even about someone "pretending" to be him on Twitter, with permission from the popular site itself.

Let me start off with the latest news involving the world-renowned superstar, taken from the Associated Press, who said that his estate just secured the "biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years."

Wow. Look, we all knew Michael was a transcendent figure while alive and it was a sure thing that his death would increase his sales presence, since most superstars enjoy a hike in afterlife sales, but damn!

The biggest recording deal in history? That's amazing. The fact that it includes the release of 10 projects over the next seven years is even more proof that consumers will be seeing a lot from the late singer - including a new release of previously unheard material - even more than when the secretive star was alive.

Which brings me back to my original question; sure his body is gone, but did he really die?

Anytime you add technology, entertainers, money and fame into the equation, it's hard to let something as trivial as death get in the way. If there's anyone out there that doubts that, Sony has 200 million guaranteed reasons to disagree with you.

Capitalism and the chase for the almighty dollar assure that profitable people and brands can outlive their creators, and Twitter is another glaring example of that reality.

The social networking hot spot is supposed to be a place where we all gather (pardon the pun) and share whatever it is we're doing at the moment. The keyword in all that is "we", as in the person identified in the account. In the case of Jackson though, it raises some obvious questions.

Take the @MichaelJackson page, which is labeled "The Official Michael Jackson Twitter Page" and marked as a "Verified Account" by Twitter itself. Call me crazy, but even though the Twitter verification process is supposed to assure us regular folk that it's the real celebrity and not an impostor, I'm just not buying it.

All jokes aside though, it makes you wonder why Twitter and his estate didn't think it through a bit more and try and come up with a different name, because it's weird seeing new tweets from "him" published.

All these crazy news bits, along with the seemingly never-ending controversy surrounding his death/murder (take your pick) make it appear that his name or face will die anytime soon.

For some crazed fans of the music idol, it seems like they can't get enough. Unfortunately for them, the only comebacks of his they'll see will either be through their iTunes or at Disneyland.

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I´ve been out of the hoax field last week, but I´m really amazed... do we know something about what hapenned inside the court?

Can someone tell me, and if there´s information provide a little briefing?

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What CM says: very strange statement to make

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=FZZjw_JApkg

was there anyone to protect michael jackson from michael jackson

What CM admits:
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWwnjaMxpg[/youtube:3akci2bq]

what a doctor says

[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVwx_06BB4[/youtube:3akci2bq]
arriving at the first hearing
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pW-YpkoZNs&feature=fvw[/youtube:3akci2bq]

[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6plGwGJRII&feature=channel[/youtube:3akci2bq]

this is the first hearing

[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64fvgO_vmjA[/youtube:3akci2bq]

part two
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQB7-Bv-C0[/youtube:3akci2bq]

part three
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjqa4c0oH4[/youtube:3akci2bq]

cbs news reports
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLekSENdvR4[/youtube:3akci2bq]

5th april
justice for mj outside court house
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDzDlE9x4ns[/youtube:3akci2bq]

itn news report
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmeYdvwbc84[/youtube:3akci2bq]
[youtube:3akci2bq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5IUzol_J0[/youtube:3akci2bq]

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Something from the second?
I know there´s not footage, and that it was justified saying they had to change the court floor.
But, do we know something apart from:

- Murray keeps working.
- The next hearing is in June.

Anything else?

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whats this
[youtube:3h9ikix0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJiJdEILiRY[/youtube:3h9ikix0]

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[youtube:28rw6t0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PqcmnufwI[/youtube:28rw6t0c]
so sorry i had to post - laughing so hard

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Something from the second?
I know there´s not footage, and that it was justified saying they had to change the court floor.
But, do we know something apart from:

- Murray keeps working.
- The next hearing is in June.

Anything else?

here is the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ne ... 8046.story
Michael Jackson family members, fans turn out for LA hearing of doctor charged in death
see vid

LINDA DEUTSCH

AP Special Correspondent

April 6, 2010 | 6:58 a.m.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Michael Jackson's mother, father and three siblings looking on, Dr. Conrad Murray began a slow process toward trial with the appointment of a judge and the setting of another hearing to handle pending matters in his involuntary manslaughter case.

Murray made quick back-to-back appearances in separate courtrooms Monday.

First, Supervising Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza assigned the matter to another judge for all further proceedings. Then, spectators, media and fans followed Murray down to a lower floor where he appeared before Judge Michael Pastor.

Abiding by ethics requirements, Pastor disclosed he had written a recommendation for Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, the prosecutor in the case who has applied for a judgeship.

Pastor said they are not personal friends, and he would not have a conflict in trying the case.

Pastor also said that 27 years ago he was appointed to the bench by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, who is now California's attorney general. Brown's office is seeking to revoke Murray's medical license pending trial.

"This will in no way affect my ability to be a fair and impartial judge in this case," Pastor said.

Lawyers have 10 days to file a challenge against Pastor if they choose.

A large contingent of Jackson family members had been expected but only five appeared. Jackson's mother, Katherine, his father, Joe, and siblings Janet, Jermaine and Randy sat quietly in the spectator section and made no comments to the press.

Trina Saunders, a representative of the attorney general's office, asked that the hearing regarding Murray's medical license be held sooner than June 14, but the judge rejected her request and said all pending matters would be handled on that date.

Earlier, about 50 Jackson fans waved signs and chanted outside the courthouse.

The fans sang "We Are the World," wore T-shirts emblazoned with Jackson's picture and the slogan, "Justice 4 Michael," and carried placards demanding stronger charges against Murray.

Fans in a courthouse hallway called out "Hi Janet" as Janet Jackson arrived.

Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

Normally, such a procedural hearing would draw few spectators.

But with Jackson's death as the backdrop, crowds of fans and media were expected, and Jackson family members have committed to attending all court proceedings against Murray.

Murray's attorneys contend the license issue is critical to his ability to pay for his defense.

The doctor has a history of serious financial problems and his attorneys, Ed Chernoff and Joseph Low, said in a recent court filing that the effect of losing his license would be devastating to Murray.

"He is, without fear of overstatement, hanging on by a thread," the attorneys wrote. "His ability to pay for his own defense depends almost entirely on his ability to continue to treat patients."

Murray, 57, a cardiologist, has clinics in Las Vegas and Houston and also has a license to practice in California. Should his California license be lifted, his lawyers suggest there would be a "domino effect" with other states moving to do the same.

Already, Nevada authorities have filed a formal complaint against Murray saying he twice failed to mention delinquent child support payments on applications to renew his medical license. Miranda Sevcik, spokeswoman for Murray and Chernoff, says Murray's legal team hopes to resolve the complaint in a way that allows the doctor to keep his license.

As a condition of his $75,000 bail, Murray has been ordered not to administer any anesthetic.

Jackson was 50 and about to launch a series of comeback shows in London when he died last June after being rushed to a hospital from his rented mansion. Murray, who signed on in May at $150,000 a month to keep Jackson healthy through the comeback tour, told police he had been treating him for insomnia.

The pop star was found to have died from acute intoxication with the hospital anesthetic propofol and other sedatives as a contributing factor.

Chernoff has said that nothing Murray gave the singer should have killed him.

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AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.

Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

it seems that associated press have cornered this - this is all there is.

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Which is more or less what we new before from the leaked defense allegations that I attach here...

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... tainmentV2
Lawyer for Jackson's doctor says no plea bargain

Lawyer for Jackson's doctor says no plea bargain

Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson appears at a procedural hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP / David McNew, Pool)
date: Friday Apr. 16, 2010 7:14 AM ET

LOS ANGELES — The lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor says there will be no plea bargain in the involuntary manslaughter case, though he worries whether an impartial jury can be seated for a trial in the death of one of the world's most famous and idolized entertainers.

The case against Dr. Conrad Murray is complicated, involving drugs, dosages, medical protocols and other complex issues. Defence lawyers and prosecutors are crafting their legal strategies ahead of a summertime preliminary hearing where much of the evidence may become public.

Already, potentially damaging information about Murray has been revealed.

An autopsy report found Jackson died from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. In a statement to police, Murray acknowledged giving Jackson the drug and other sedatives to help him sleep, then briefly leaving his bedside. Cellular phone records show he made at least three personal calls around the time Jackson was stricken.

A Jackson employee who said he was in the room while Murray worked to save the pop star told police the doctor interrupted CPR to collect drug vials.

Murray maintains his innocence, and his lawyer, Ed Chernoff, has said nothing that he gave Jackson "should have" killed him. Chernoff noted the Jackson employee gave a different version of events to police in another statement.

"You may find after you are done watching the trial that it is not nearly as cut and dried as has been presented," Chernoff told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "One thing that simply will never be the truth is that Dr. Murray pumped a bunch of drugs into Michael Jackson and walked out of that room. He's not that kind of guy."

The King of Pop was 50 when he died on June 25 in his rented Bel Air mansion, on the brink of a series of comeback shows in London. Murray, a 57-year-old cardiologist with practices in Houston and Las Vegas, was hired by the superstar to look after his health during the rigorous rehearsals and planned to accompany Jackson to London.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren will seek to prove the doctor acted with "gross negligence" when he gave the singer propofol to help him sleep.

The anesthetic is supposed to be used in hospital situations for surgery and patients are to be monitored constantly by anesthesia professionals. The drug's effects are intensified when used in conjunction with other sedatives.

Prosecution experts are expected to say it was reckless to use it in a private home without proper equipment.

TMZ has reported that among the defence strategies being discussed is the possibility Jackson administered the fatal dose himself. Chernoff declined to discuss how he might defend Murray and said a final decision won't be made until he hears the prosecution's theory at the preliminary hearing.

Regardless of what prosecutors present, he said there will be no plea bargain.

"Plea bargains are for guilty people," he said.

Realistically, there's little incentive for either side to push for a plea bargain.

Prosecutors brought a relatively minor charge with a maximum sentence of just four years, so there's not much room to negotiate down.

"The district attorney didn't overcharge the case," said celebrity attorney Harland Braun, whose clients included Dr. Allan Metzger of Los Angeles, an internist and rheumatologist who had a close relationship with Jackson and was godfather to one of the singer's children. "They are charging what they think they can prove."

Murray already is deeply in debt and pleading to a felony would open him to liability in a civil damages trial. The Jackson family has spoken of suing Murray for wrongful death.

To gain a conviction at trial, prosecutors will have to walk jurors through Jackson's complicated medical history as well as the events leading up to his death. That will be crucial, said Ellyn Garafalo, a prominent defence attorney who is representing a doctor charged in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case.

"The biggest hurdle they have is to show whatever Dr. Murray did caused Michael Jackson's death," she said. "They're going to have to say he knew or should have known that what he did could have resulted in death."

An element of the defence theory, Braun said, may be that Jackson was a demanding patient who insisted on propofol, a drug he had taken for a long time.

"The defence theory is Michael Jackson needed it, wanted it, knew the danger and took the risks," Braun said.

Garafalo said that while such an argument can be made in an effort to persuade the jury, it is not a legal defence.

"It's like saying I asked someone to shoot me and he did, so he's not guilty," she said.

Prosecutors will argue that the doctor bears the ultimate responsibility for his actions and can't be absolved because the patient may have pressured him to do something he should have known was dangerous.

Jackson's celebrity is sure to influence the case and Chernoff worries about seating a jury.

"There is a real concern that we have about getting a group of jurors that are going to come into court and are not going to have any preconceived notions of guilt," he said.

But publicity in this case is everywhere, he said, so seeking a change of venue is unlikely.

"The problem is we have this around-the-world stuff," said Chernoff. "Even in the O.J. Simpson trial, people in Uganda didn't care about it. But in this case, they care in Uganda and everywhere else."

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So the defence leaks are

1. he slept with his eyes open
2. he injected himself when he woke up - just at the time that CM was out of the room and on a call and decided to self med
3. he drank too much cola - and as a result could not sleep
4. he did not give him anything that would have killed him
5. he only gave him a small dosage of drugs
6. he did all he could do
7. that he is innocent and that he did not kill mj
8. that the truth will prevail

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this is nonsense

this is the kind of stuff that leads you to believe he will get off
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-new ... ck_check=1

KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer
Posted: 05/07/2010 04:25:55 PM PDT
Updated: 05/07/2010 05:32:03 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS—A court officer in Las Vegas postponed a decision Friday on whether the doctor accused of administering a fatal dose of anesthetic to pop star Michael Jackson should be allowed to keep practicing medicine in his home state of Nevada.
Dr. Conrad Murray's professional fate rests not with the Nevada state Board of Medical Examiners, but with a ruling in Clark County Family Court.

Clark County Prosecutor Gerard Costantian tried Friday to convince a Family Court hearing master to recommend Murray's medical license be suspended because he's almost $16,000 behind in child support to the mother of his 12-year-old son in Santa Clara County, Calif.

The hearing officer, Elliot Yug, set a June 25 hearing date in order to have the results of a May 27 court hearing in Santa Clara where Murray's lawyer said the woman will formally waive the doctor's past child support debt.

"She's going to forgive the debt because she wants to," attorney Charles Peckham said.

Murray has kept current paying $1,003 a month since November, after appearing before a Family Court judge who expressed surprise but accepted an informal agreement that the woman would forgive his past debt if Murray began paying monthly. The judge at that time set a July 5 hearing to ensure the agreement was working.

Costantian said Friday he filed a request April 1 to go after Murray's medical license after Murray failed to produce a California court order formalizing the debt
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forgiveness.
Nevada law allows Family Court judges to order suspensions of medical, professional and recreational licenses for nonpayment of child support.

Murray's license to practice medicine in California has been restricted by a judge who arraigned him in February on a felony involuntary manslaughter charge in Jackson's death and allowed him to remain free on $75,000 bail pending trial. A court hearing regarding his California medical license is scheduled for June 14.

Murray, 57, a cardiologist, has clinics in Las Vegas and Houston, where Texas medical authorities followed the California judge's order and restricted him from administering the drug authorities say was responsible for killing Jackson.

His medical license in Nevada is unrestricted, but police and Medical Board officials have said they are aware of the California judge's order.

Jackson, 50, was about to launch a world comeback tour when he died last June after being found unresponsive with Murray at his bedside in a Beverly Hills mansion. Murray had been hired at $150,000 a month to be Jackson's personal physician. He told police he administered the anesthetic propofol to Jackson as a treatment for insomnia.

Murray's lawyers have pleaded with judges to allow Murray to continue to practice medicine so he can pay his bills, including his legal expenses and his child support obligation.