Michael Jackson manslaughter trial nears end
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[size=14pt]Michael Jackson manslaughter trial nears end[/size]<br /><br />The involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal doctor reconvenes today and could wrap up this week.<br /><br />USA TODAY correspondent Martin Kasindorf reports from Los Angeles that physician Conrad Murray's last witness in his defense, anesthesiology expert Paul White, faces cross-examination by the prosecution. White says it was Jackson himself, not Murray, who gave the singer a fatal overdose of an anesthetic to treat insomnia in June 2009.<br /><br />The coroner has ruled the cause was "acute propofol intoxication," an overdose of a hospital-grade anesthetic aggravated by effects of the sedative lorazepam.<br /><br />Kasindorf reports that, although Murray did not testify, intimate details of Jackson's last months emerged from Murray's interview with police detectives two days after the death. Jackson's personal assistant, security guards and personal chef, concert-tour executives and other health care providers delivered more details.<br /><br />Among the revelations: Murray had been putting Jackson to sleep with intravenous drugs nightly at his mansion under a $150,000-a-month service agreement.<br /><br />Prosecutors could follow White's testimony today with rebuttal witnesses. The case would end with closing arguments and jury deliberations.<br /><br />http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/michael-jackson-manslaughter-trial-nears-end/1
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