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Jackson doctor’s attorneys challenge drug expert
REUTERS | LOS ANGELES - Oct 23 2011 15:37

Attorneys for Dr Conrad Murray on Friday challenged a top anaesthesiology expert over assumptions he made in a courtroom demonstration on how Murray could have given Michael Jackson a deadly drug infusion.

The cross-examination of Dr Steven Shafer came a day after the expert prosecution witness gave damaging testimony against Murray at his involuntary manslaughter trial in Jackson’s 2009 death from an overdose of the drug propofol and sedatives.

Shafer had set up an IV drip system in court to suggest the way in which Murray might have wrongfully infused the powerful anaesthetic propofol into the singer. But defence attorneys on Friday disputed whether such a system was ever used.

“You certainly do consider that what you have claimed occurred in this case is an extraordinary claim?” Ed Chernoff, the lead defence attorney, asked Shafer on the witness stand. “Not at all,” Shafer said.

But Chernoff did manage to get Shafer to admit that investigators did not find in Jackson’s bedroom a vented IV tube with a plastic spike such as the one Shafer used in his demonstration for jurors.

Shafer testified Murray still could have used one and easily balled up the tube and pocketed it before leaving Jackson’s Los Angeles mansion.

Jurors have heard prior testimony that an IV pole, saline bags and propofol vials were among the items found in Jackson’s bedroom and closet after he died on June 25, 2009.

Murray has admitted that on the day Jackson died he gave the singer a relatively small dose of 25 milligrams of propofol for sleep. Defence attorneys are challenging the prosecution’s argument that Murray could have administered as much as 40 times that amount of the drug afterward through an IV.

Defence attorneys have said Jackson might have given himself an extra, fatal dose of propofol when Murray was out of his bedroom.

Court proceedings on Friday also pointed to a looming duel between Shafer’s testimony and what is expected to come from the defence’s propofol expert, Dr Paul White, who is scheduled to take the witness stand next week.
Shafer, a professor at Columbia University, said he considers White a friend, but those bonds of friendship appear to be tested by the Murray trial.

On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor scolded White for a media report in which he was quoted as uttering the word “scumbag” in court after a prosecutor aided in Shafer’s IV system demonstration on Thursday.

Pastor, who earlier imposed a gag order for lawyers and witnesses in the trial, told White he had no business making those kinds of comments, and set a November 16 hearing for possible sanctions against the defence expert.

“Dr White knows better,” Pastor said. Murray, who has pleaded not guilty, faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison if convicted.

http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2011-10-23-jackson-doctors-attorneys-challenge-drug-expert

Dr. Conrad Murray's Defense Team Implodes!

Dr. Conrad Murrays Verteidiger-Team implodiert!

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 @ 06:40AM
By Jen Heger



As Dr. Conrad Murray's defense is about to present its case in the Michael Jackson death trial, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the embattled cardiologist's lawyers are fighting with each other!

Ed Chernoff, Dr. Murray's lead attorney, is from Houston, Texas, and had been staying with another member of the defense team, Michael Flanagan, to save his client money. But he moved out from Flanagan's posh digs in San Marino, a week and a half ago.

"Ed didn't like the way Michael was handling the prosecution witnesses. Ed felt that Michael was too abrasive and caustic with his questioning, and that Michael allowed witnesses to clarify points that only helped the prosecution's case. Things were getting very tense, and he's moved into a hotel in Santa Monica," a source close to Dr. Murray tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.

Courtroom onlookers were stunned when Chernoff decided that he was going to be handling the questioning of the DA's Propofol witness, Dr. Steven Shafer.

"Flanagan had prepared for approximately four months to cross examine Dr. Shafer," the insider tells RadarOnline.com. "Michael was thoroughly prepared, and ready to attempt to poke holes into what Dr. Shafer had already told the jury on direct examination.

"When Ed told Michael that he would be handling Dr. Shafer, he felt like the rug was pulled out from under him. There is nothing Michael can do about it because Ed is the lead attorney. Michael was specifically brought on board to handle the medical aspects of the case, along with the witnesses. Ed and Michael are barely talking to each other right now. Michael has essentially been frozen out for the time being."

**As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Judge Michael Pastor ordered Dr. White to appear on November 16, 2011 to determine if he was in contempt of court for calling Deputy District Attorney David Walgren a "scumbag" during a TV interview.

"Chernoff was LIVID that Dr. White made those comments to the press, but his entire case essentially rests with him. Flanagan is still under the assumption that he will be handling questioning of Dr. White, but Ed could very likely commandeer the questioning of him also. Nareg Gourjian, the third lawyer on the team, is just keeping his head down, and staying out of the drama. Nareg will question several of the defense witnesses," the source states.

Looming over the trial is PETA's request that a federal investigation be launched after RadarOnline.com reported that the defense had commissioned a study in which Propofol was given to Beagle dogs. Ed Chernoff revealed in court on Friday, that Dr. Paul White had done the testing.

PETA (the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organization) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last Monday alleging "cruel drug toxicity tests on beagles commissioned by the defense team of Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician now on trial for his alleged role in Michael Jackson's death.

“PETA asserts that if attorneys from Flanagan, Unger, Grover & McCool did commission the tests for the drug Propofol - the toxic effects of which have been extensively studied in dogs and humans - those tests were likely conducted in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act's prohibition against tests on animals that duplicate previous experiments. PETA has filed a complaint with the State Bar of California as well."

Read PETA's Letter To The USDA Demanding A Full Investigation
http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/PETA%20Complaint%20to%20USDA%20re%20Propofol%20experiments%20on%20beagles.pdf

The prosecution's final witness, Dr. Steven Shafer, is expected to finish his testimony Monday morning and will then be cross-examined by Chernoff.

It's anticipated that the defense will call approximately 15 witnesses, and could rest their case by this Friday.

If convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Dr. Conrad Murray could face up to four years in state prison.

You can watch the trial live, here on RadarOnline.com.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/10/conrad-murray-defense-team-implodes


**As RadarOnline.com previously reported
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/10/conrad-murray-defense-expert-beagle-propofol-tests-paul-white (Archiv-Version vom 24.10.2011)

noch eine informative Seite mit Zusammenfassungen der Verhandlungen usw.

Gerechtigkeit für Michael Jackson - Justice4MJ

http://justice4michaeljackson.blog.de/

Janet Jackson sagt Australien ab

24.10.2011



Janet Jackson lässt in dieser Woche drei Konzerte in Melbourne ausfallen, um beim Prozess gegen den Leibarzt ihres Bruders Michael dabei sein zu können. Der offizielle Grund für die Absage klingt plausibel: Drei Konzerte der "Number Ones Tour" müssen verschoben werden, damit Jackson beim Prozess wegen Körperverletzung mit Todesfolge gegen den Arzt Dr. Conrad Murray in Los Angeles im Gerichtssaal sein kann. Warum aber gleich drei Konzerte zu einem einzigen zusammen gelegt und am 3. November nachgeholt werden, erklärte die Sängerin nicht. Jackson: "Als ich diese Shows geplant hatte, sah der Terminkalender für Kalifornien noch total anders aus. Nach einem Telefonat mit meiner Familie habe ich festgestellt, dass wir jetzt zusammen sein müssen. Es macht mich so traurig." Insider der australischen Musikszene spekulieren indes, dass sich die Tickets nur schleppend verkauft hatten und Jackson nicht vor halb leerem Haus spielen wollte.

Author WENN

http://www.prosieben.de/stars-lifestyle/news/janet-jackson-sagt-australien-ab-1.2940010/

Janet Jackson will ihrer Familie beistehen
24.10.2011 11:20 Uhr

Sydney - Janet Jackson verschiebt den Großteil ihrer aktuellen Australien-Tournee.



Die Sängerin will während der Verhandlung gegen Dr. Conrad Murray wegen Todschlags an ihrem Bruder Michael ihrer Familie beistehen. Sie ließ dazu laut "contactmusic.com" verlauten: "Als ich diese Konzerte geplant habe, war der Terminplan in Kalifornien noch völlig anders. Nachdem ich gestern Abend mit meiner Familie gesprochen habe, habe ich entschieden, dass wir jetzt zusammen sein müssen... Das macht mich auf so viele Arten traurig."

Dr. Conrad Murray muss sich derzeit wegen fahrlässiger Tötung vor einem Gericht in Los Angeles verantworten. Er soll Michael Jackson mit dem Narkosemittel Propofol behandelt und ihm eine viel zu hohe Dosis verpasst haben. Dem Arzt plädiert auf "nicht schuldig". (Fan-Lexikon berichtete)

http://www.fan-lexikon.de/musik/news/janet-jackson-will-ihrer-familie-beistehen.119409.html

Michael Jackson: Dr. Murray’ Anwälte kommen nicht miteinander klar

24.10.2011 | 16:29 Uhr | Autor: Carmen Meyer



In der Verteidigung des Michael-Jackson-Arztes hat Rechtsanwalt Ed Chernoff die Führung; er soll sehr unzufrieden damit sein, wie ein anderer Anwalt, Michael Flanagan, einige der Zeugen befragt hat.

Der Texaner Chernoff wohnte zunächst während der Gerichtsverhandlungen bei Flanagan, soll jedoch jetzt in ein Hotel gezogen sein. Diese Woche soll das Verteidigerteam sein Plädoyer vorbringen, doch die Stimmung zwischen den Juristen wird immer frostiger.

“Ed gefiel nicht, wie Michael die Zeugen der Anklage behandelt hat. Ed hatte das Gefühl, dass Michael seine Fragen zu aggressiv und sarkastisch formulierte, und dass er den Zeugen dabei half, offene Punkte zu klären, die eher der Anklage als der Verteidigung halfen.Die Lage wurde sehr angespannt und Ed ist in ein Hotel in Santa Monica gezogen”, verriet ein Insider ‘Radar.Online.com’.

Murray war der persönliche Arzt von Michael Jackson (†50), als der 2009 an einer Überdosis Propofol starb. Der Mediziner wurde daraufhin wegen Totschlags angeklagt. Das Mittel wird normalerweise benutzt, um OP-Patienten im Krankenhaus zu betäuben, aber Jackson bekämpfte damit seine Einschlafprobleme. Murray bestreitet, ihm die tödliche Dosis verabreicht zu haben.

Vergangene Woche wurde der Anästhesist Dr. Steven Shafer in den Zeugenstand gerufen. Er schrieb die Packungsbeilage für Propofol und vertrat die Ansicht, Jacksons Tod sei durch Murrays “ungeheuerliche Verstöße” gegen die gängige medizinische Praxis eingetreten. Er nannte Murray “ahnungslos” und lehnte die Aussage von Murrays Verteidigern, dass Jackson sich die Droge selbst verabreicht habe, vehement als “unwahrscheinlich” ab.

Als Chernoff dann Dr. Shafer befragte, soll das für Wirbel im Gericht gesorgt haben, da Anwalt Flanagan sich viele Monate auf diese Befragung vorbereitet haben soll: “Michael war gründlich vorbereitet und wartete nur darauf, Widersprüche in Dr. Shafers Aussagen in der vorangegangenen Befragung aufzudecken”, verriet der Augenzeuge. “Als Ed Michael sagte, dass er Dr. Shafer selbst befragen werde, fühlte der sich, als habe man ihm den Boden unter den Füßen weggezogen … Ed und Michael reden jetzt kaum noch ein Wort miteinander. Michael wurde im Grunde erst einmal kaltgestellt.”

Janet Jackson, die am Mittwoch, Donnerstag und Samstag in Melbourne auftreten sollte, ließ derweil verkünden, dass sie einige Shows ihrer Australien-Tour in den November verschiebt, um bei der Gerichtsverhandlung gegen Dr. Conrad Murray anwesend sein zu können.

http://www.showbiz.de/2011/10/24/michael-jackson-dr-murray-anwalte-kommen-nicht-miteinander-klar/ (Archiv-Version vom 26.10.2011)

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After three weeks and 33 witnesses by the prosecution, Conrad Murray's defense team is finally set to present its case to the jury.

But first, the defense will continue cross-examining propofol expert Dr. Steven Shafer -- who last week testified that a propofol overdose was the "only scenario" that could explain MJ's death.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/21/michael-jackson-doctor-conrad-murray-manslaughter-trial-testimony-livestream-ed-chernoff-michael-jackson/#.TqWFGHJv_IU

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