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I thought that this was best put here as although it might be considered as a ''fans take action'' it is directly to do with Conrad Murray's conviction charge.
This is a letter that a friend of mine wrote to Jerry Brown DA regarding CM's conviction. It is long but I am posting the main part below.
Pending Involuntary Manslaughter charge against Dr. Conrad Murray
URGENT Recommendation to Upgrade Charge to Second Degree Murder
Dear Mr. Brown:
This statement is being presented with great care and emotional difficulty. It is admittedly long, but necessary under these tragic circumstances. Please be assured that I am writing to you with the utmost respect and sincerity.
A Case for Second Degree Murder
We are terribly concerned that we might witness a failure of the justice system with the recent arrest of Conrad Murray on the charge of Involuntary Manslaughter. Such a charge, if upheld, would be nothing short of a travesty of justice – as well as a shameful final insult to Michael Jackson’s memory!
There are so many examples of atrocious behavior by Dr. Murray that support our demand for a Second Degree murder charge. A jury will be expected to arrive at a verdict based on the "intent" behind the actions that resulted in Michael Jackson's death. Building an effective case to present to a jury is not only about the rule of law, but about making a skillful and convincing argument. I am not an attorney, but while the rule of law is specific, it is often interpretive, and a jury must be impassioned to "see" what they need to see.
--All it takes is one error in judgment to cause a death, since a patient can only die once! In the case of Conrad Murray, the "error" made under the egregious conditions found on June 25, 2009 at Michael's home, is gross medical negligence at the very least, and according to the law, sufficient for Involuntary Manslaughter. I am going on the assumption that the law states that one error does not constitute "malicious intent."
Point: Michael Jackson - who was found completely innocent of all charges in 2005, was hit with 14 felony counts of child molestation with the prosecution “hoping against all hope” of putting him away for twenty-five years! Each count added to the severity of the crime he was accused of, which would have increased his prison sentence if convicted. Doesn't the same rule apply to Conrad Murray for repeatedly dosing Michael with propofol in his bedroom night after night with no monitoring or life saving equipment?
--Michael was dangerously thin when he died – nearly skeletal according to some personal accounts. A patient’s body weight is a factor in determining the amount of anesthetic a patient can tolerate. And that is why hospitals monitor patients for vital signs, and have life saving equipment standing by!
--Murray repeated this negligent act night after night. He had no lifesaving precautions in the event of an emergency. He left Michael unattended for an extended period of time. He waited 87 minutes before calling 911. Conrad Murray had numerous opportunities to stop the insanity before it was too late. But he did not...he kept doing it, knowing that the next time could kill Michael. And it did.
One tragic mistake?...Involuntary Manslaughter. The above actions?...Second Degree Murder.
--Murray had been administering propofol to Michael every night - some say for six weeks while others claim it was two weeks. Whether it was 40 days or 14 days, the defense will be hard pressed to justify this repeated egregious behavior to a jury as being a tragic medical error! Regardless of whether Michael "begged" for the drug or not, and we will never know if he did, Murray was the trained medical professional. He knowingly played Russian roulette with Michael's life, spinning the wheel every night, until Michael's "number" came up!
--For the past eight months, we have heard the same statement from Murray's lawyers: "My client insists he didn't give Michael Jackson anything that "should" have killed him!" I was getting tired of hearing that. But now, with the toxicology report confirming that Michael died of "acute propofol intoxication," Murray's attorneys cannot dispute the facts and have nothing more to add in his defense. My belief is that a Second Degree murder charge is highly provable, and gives Murray's lawyers even less of a defense.
--This is significant: At some point between Day One…and the day Michael died, Dr. Murray made the huge and willful leap from an "isolated error in medical judgment" to a blatantly sinister and conscious disregard for Michael's life. There is no way his actions can be diminished, excused, explained or written off as being anything less than...implied malice!
According to reports:
--Michael was dead for hours before 911 was called. The issue of lividity (the sinking of blood to the bottom of the body) was noted, indicating Michael had expired well in advance of Murray calling 911. Michael had no pulse on EMS's arrival, and was completely flat lined. Yet, Murray insisted that EMS continue resuscitation efforts all the way to the hospital rather than declare Michael dead at the scene. Obviously to avoid criminal charges.
--The DA and LAPD are refusing to interview the security guards who were at the house the night Michael died. Why? This is very troubling, as the guards have retained attorneys in an effort to force the authorities to interview them about what they saw. The guards claim to have seen Murray leave the house for FOUR HOURS to meet with a call girl while Michael was hooked up to an IV in his LEG, and left alone to die! On the face of this atrocity alone - if verifiable, the prosecution could almost make the case for Murder One, as it depicts the most sinister behavior imaginable by a doctor. I am not trying to press for First Degree murder, but merely wish to emphasize that there can be on doubt in anyone’s mind that Dr. Murray’s actions rise to the level of implied malice, which goes to the heart of Second Degree murder charge!
--Murray lied about how he dosed Michael throughout the early morning hours of June 25th, claiming he gave him five different sedatives at varying times to help him sleep. Rather, he pumped Michael's body with all five sedatives at once, then topped it off with a fatal dose of propofol, and left the house. The report also contradicts Murray's claim of having given Michael 2.5mg of propofol, which would not have been enough to put him to sleep or cause his death. Instead, the level of propofol in Michael's system was 40 TIMES more than what Murray claimed to have administered...40 times! That is equivalent to an entire 100 ml bottle of propofol being emptied into Michael's system! Traces were even found in the gel sac of Michael’s eyes! This is absolutely abominable!
--Murray turned up the heat in the room...to keep Michael's dead body from getting cold! EMS noticed it was very hot in the room when they arrived. Assuming Michael was already dead for hours, his body was being subjected to a lot of “abusive handling” before EMS arrived. The insane act of "performing" CPR on the bed should have raised a red flag with EMS and the investigators! I believe Murray knew Michael was dead and therefore, didn’t bother to waste his time putting Michael on the floor. Any boy scout knows the procedure for CPR…and so did Murray. When Alberto Alvarez called 911, Murray was in the background supposedly "working on" Michael, but didn't think ahead that Alvarez would tell the 911 dispatcher that he was doing CPR on the bed. I wonder what they thought when they had to instruct Murray to put Michael on the floor! A trained cardiologist? I was immediately suspicious of Murray.
Murray was engaging in a despicable charade with EMS. From start to finish, his actions upon returning to Michael's home were less about trying to save Michael's life and more about covering up his crime. Murray withheld life saving information by failing to tell EMS he had given Michael propofol. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t withholding life saving information the same as letting the person die? Going on the assumption that there is a chance to save someone, had the dispatcher been told about the propofol, EMS might have been able to bring the necessary medication or life saving equipment from the hospital. Murray compromised the investigation by omitting vital information and creating a false scenario. We have perjury here, along with obstruction of justice. SECOND DEGREE MURDER!
There has to be a point when a jury acknowledges that a doctor has crossed the threshold from Involuntary Manslaughter to Second Degree Murder when he "knowingly" proceeds to commit a potentially fatal action – over and over again. Murray doesn't even fit the standard profile of a Hollywood "Dr. Feel Good" in that his actions went so far beyond the abuse of dispensing illegal prescriptions. Even under the most stringent conditions in a hospital, which is the only place propofol should be administered, it requires an anesthesiologist and the proper monitoring. Neither was present in Michael's home the day he died.
ZERO precautions were taken - and if that weren’t bad enough, Dr. Murray didn’t even stay at Michael’s bedside for “visual” monitoring - choosing instead to leave the house knowing he could find his patient dead when he returned. And that is exactly what happened! Based on the conditions discovered at Michael’s home on that horrible day, it set a precedent in assuming those same potentially fatal conditions existed every other night that Michael was being dosed.
A person who consumes alcohol, gets into a car, hits and kills a pedestrian, then flees the scene, would be charged with DUI and Involuntary Vehicular Manslaughter. DUI means the driver was "impaired" when he killed someone, but if he has a prior history of driving while under the influence, you can be sure he will face the consequences of taking an innocent person's life. The chances are pretty good the he or she will certainly lose their drivers license and receive a jail sentence.
On February 8, 2010, Conrad Murray received the "royal treatment" both coming to the courthouse and leaving. He walked into the courthouse with no handcuffs! Didn’t the LAPD have a pair big enough for his big fat hands? Murray also walked out of the courthouse – apparently via the rear entrance, cloaked in protection, and with his medical license in his pocket! The judge simply told Murray not to administer anesthesia to any more patients before allowing him to post bail - so I guess that was being pretty harsh on the good doctor! He’s even back at his office practicing medicine!
By contrast, Michael Jackson was cuffed like a common criminal, physically brutalized while in custody and degraded before the entire world. Michael never so much as harmed a single hair on the head of any child. Despite being found Not Guilty on all counts, Michael carried the physical, emotional and spiritual scars of that horrendous ordeal for the rest of his life!
Dr. Murray was not impaired when he "willfully" put Michael's life in danger night after night. He was guilty several times of consciously engaging in the same negligent and potentially fatal act. A charge of Involuntary Manslaughter would be giving Murray a free pass for being a medical moron, which he is not! If Murray was impaired in any way, it was for willfully engaging in an illegal and potentially fatal practice "while under the influence of an intoxicating salary!"
Dr. Murray was an "employee" hired by AEG to be Michael's personal physician during his London concert tour. Michael was in a perilous physical state and many of us believe he would never have survived the concert schedule of 50 shows that AEG had forced on him. AEG must have known this, as they saw his frail, nearly skeletal condition up close every day at rehearsals. Michael himself expressed severe anxiety and worry that he would not be able to handle the physical strain, but felt pressured to continue when the added shows were announced publicly without his knowledge.
We believe Michael was being controlled in the most sinister way through drug "enabling" to make him compliant to their wishes - for as long as they needed him! I find it horrifying that Michael barely made it to the end of rehearsals, which were conveniently captured on film. He died just 13 days before opening night in London. AEG's "backup plan" of turning rehearsal footage into a blockbuster film grossed nearly a quarter of a BILLION dollars worldwide with just a limited run! They recouped their concert losses and then some – proving in the end they didn't need Michael. It is important to determine exactly who Dr. Murray took his orders from, especially when we know he demanded payment from AEG - for providing his “services” - AFTER he killed Michael!
Michael Jackson died at the hands of Dr. Conrad Murray - a cold-blooded opportunist, who chose to look the other way in favor of his own greed. What more is needed to bring a charge of Second Degree murder against this man? The punishment must fit the crime.
We cannot allow Michael Jackson’s death to fade into obscurity. His rights must be protected under the law, and his life was...and is worth a lot more than a reprimand and a few months in jail. As for "bagging groceries," perhaps Dr. Murray should consider such a noble profession upon his release from prison, as he most certainly should have his medical license revoked as well. A cardiologist is trained to know the inner workings of the human heart in order to treat patients properly to keep them alive. Apparently, Dr. Murray knew just enough to stop Michael's heartbeat. Whatever justice prevails in this case, Dr. Murray will always be a lot better off than Michael Jackson. He has his life!
Justice in this case is nothing less than Second Degree Murder.
Most respectfully,
MICHELINE JAMES
This is a letter that a friend of mine wrote to Jerry Brown DA regarding CM's conviction. It is long but I am posting the main part below.
Pending Involuntary Manslaughter charge against Dr. Conrad Murray
URGENT Recommendation to Upgrade Charge to Second Degree Murder
Dear Mr. Brown:
This statement is being presented with great care and emotional difficulty. It is admittedly long, but necessary under these tragic circumstances. Please be assured that I am writing to you with the utmost respect and sincerity.
A Case for Second Degree Murder
We are terribly concerned that we might witness a failure of the justice system with the recent arrest of Conrad Murray on the charge of Involuntary Manslaughter. Such a charge, if upheld, would be nothing short of a travesty of justice – as well as a shameful final insult to Michael Jackson’s memory!
There are so many examples of atrocious behavior by Dr. Murray that support our demand for a Second Degree murder charge. A jury will be expected to arrive at a verdict based on the "intent" behind the actions that resulted in Michael Jackson's death. Building an effective case to present to a jury is not only about the rule of law, but about making a skillful and convincing argument. I am not an attorney, but while the rule of law is specific, it is often interpretive, and a jury must be impassioned to "see" what they need to see.
--All it takes is one error in judgment to cause a death, since a patient can only die once! In the case of Conrad Murray, the "error" made under the egregious conditions found on June 25, 2009 at Michael's home, is gross medical negligence at the very least, and according to the law, sufficient for Involuntary Manslaughter. I am going on the assumption that the law states that one error does not constitute "malicious intent."
Point: Michael Jackson - who was found completely innocent of all charges in 2005, was hit with 14 felony counts of child molestation with the prosecution “hoping against all hope” of putting him away for twenty-five years! Each count added to the severity of the crime he was accused of, which would have increased his prison sentence if convicted. Doesn't the same rule apply to Conrad Murray for repeatedly dosing Michael with propofol in his bedroom night after night with no monitoring or life saving equipment?
--Michael was dangerously thin when he died – nearly skeletal according to some personal accounts. A patient’s body weight is a factor in determining the amount of anesthetic a patient can tolerate. And that is why hospitals monitor patients for vital signs, and have life saving equipment standing by!
--Murray repeated this negligent act night after night. He had no lifesaving precautions in the event of an emergency. He left Michael unattended for an extended period of time. He waited 87 minutes before calling 911. Conrad Murray had numerous opportunities to stop the insanity before it was too late. But he did not...he kept doing it, knowing that the next time could kill Michael. And it did.
One tragic mistake?...Involuntary Manslaughter. The above actions?...Second Degree Murder.
--Murray had been administering propofol to Michael every night - some say for six weeks while others claim it was two weeks. Whether it was 40 days or 14 days, the defense will be hard pressed to justify this repeated egregious behavior to a jury as being a tragic medical error! Regardless of whether Michael "begged" for the drug or not, and we will never know if he did, Murray was the trained medical professional. He knowingly played Russian roulette with Michael's life, spinning the wheel every night, until Michael's "number" came up!
--For the past eight months, we have heard the same statement from Murray's lawyers: "My client insists he didn't give Michael Jackson anything that "should" have killed him!" I was getting tired of hearing that. But now, with the toxicology report confirming that Michael died of "acute propofol intoxication," Murray's attorneys cannot dispute the facts and have nothing more to add in his defense. My belief is that a Second Degree murder charge is highly provable, and gives Murray's lawyers even less of a defense.
--This is significant: At some point between Day One…and the day Michael died, Dr. Murray made the huge and willful leap from an "isolated error in medical judgment" to a blatantly sinister and conscious disregard for Michael's life. There is no way his actions can be diminished, excused, explained or written off as being anything less than...implied malice!
According to reports:
--Michael was dead for hours before 911 was called. The issue of lividity (the sinking of blood to the bottom of the body) was noted, indicating Michael had expired well in advance of Murray calling 911. Michael had no pulse on EMS's arrival, and was completely flat lined. Yet, Murray insisted that EMS continue resuscitation efforts all the way to the hospital rather than declare Michael dead at the scene. Obviously to avoid criminal charges.
--The DA and LAPD are refusing to interview the security guards who were at the house the night Michael died. Why? This is very troubling, as the guards have retained attorneys in an effort to force the authorities to interview them about what they saw. The guards claim to have seen Murray leave the house for FOUR HOURS to meet with a call girl while Michael was hooked up to an IV in his LEG, and left alone to die! On the face of this atrocity alone - if verifiable, the prosecution could almost make the case for Murder One, as it depicts the most sinister behavior imaginable by a doctor. I am not trying to press for First Degree murder, but merely wish to emphasize that there can be on doubt in anyone’s mind that Dr. Murray’s actions rise to the level of implied malice, which goes to the heart of Second Degree murder charge!
--Murray lied about how he dosed Michael throughout the early morning hours of June 25th, claiming he gave him five different sedatives at varying times to help him sleep. Rather, he pumped Michael's body with all five sedatives at once, then topped it off with a fatal dose of propofol, and left the house. The report also contradicts Murray's claim of having given Michael 2.5mg of propofol, which would not have been enough to put him to sleep or cause his death. Instead, the level of propofol in Michael's system was 40 TIMES more than what Murray claimed to have administered...40 times! That is equivalent to an entire 100 ml bottle of propofol being emptied into Michael's system! Traces were even found in the gel sac of Michael’s eyes! This is absolutely abominable!
--Murray turned up the heat in the room...to keep Michael's dead body from getting cold! EMS noticed it was very hot in the room when they arrived. Assuming Michael was already dead for hours, his body was being subjected to a lot of “abusive handling” before EMS arrived. The insane act of "performing" CPR on the bed should have raised a red flag with EMS and the investigators! I believe Murray knew Michael was dead and therefore, didn’t bother to waste his time putting Michael on the floor. Any boy scout knows the procedure for CPR…and so did Murray. When Alberto Alvarez called 911, Murray was in the background supposedly "working on" Michael, but didn't think ahead that Alvarez would tell the 911 dispatcher that he was doing CPR on the bed. I wonder what they thought when they had to instruct Murray to put Michael on the floor! A trained cardiologist? I was immediately suspicious of Murray.
Murray was engaging in a despicable charade with EMS. From start to finish, his actions upon returning to Michael's home were less about trying to save Michael's life and more about covering up his crime. Murray withheld life saving information by failing to tell EMS he had given Michael propofol. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t withholding life saving information the same as letting the person die? Going on the assumption that there is a chance to save someone, had the dispatcher been told about the propofol, EMS might have been able to bring the necessary medication or life saving equipment from the hospital. Murray compromised the investigation by omitting vital information and creating a false scenario. We have perjury here, along with obstruction of justice. SECOND DEGREE MURDER!
There has to be a point when a jury acknowledges that a doctor has crossed the threshold from Involuntary Manslaughter to Second Degree Murder when he "knowingly" proceeds to commit a potentially fatal action – over and over again. Murray doesn't even fit the standard profile of a Hollywood "Dr. Feel Good" in that his actions went so far beyond the abuse of dispensing illegal prescriptions. Even under the most stringent conditions in a hospital, which is the only place propofol should be administered, it requires an anesthesiologist and the proper monitoring. Neither was present in Michael's home the day he died.
ZERO precautions were taken - and if that weren’t bad enough, Dr. Murray didn’t even stay at Michael’s bedside for “visual” monitoring - choosing instead to leave the house knowing he could find his patient dead when he returned. And that is exactly what happened! Based on the conditions discovered at Michael’s home on that horrible day, it set a precedent in assuming those same potentially fatal conditions existed every other night that Michael was being dosed.
A person who consumes alcohol, gets into a car, hits and kills a pedestrian, then flees the scene, would be charged with DUI and Involuntary Vehicular Manslaughter. DUI means the driver was "impaired" when he killed someone, but if he has a prior history of driving while under the influence, you can be sure he will face the consequences of taking an innocent person's life. The chances are pretty good the he or she will certainly lose their drivers license and receive a jail sentence.
On February 8, 2010, Conrad Murray received the "royal treatment" both coming to the courthouse and leaving. He walked into the courthouse with no handcuffs! Didn’t the LAPD have a pair big enough for his big fat hands? Murray also walked out of the courthouse – apparently via the rear entrance, cloaked in protection, and with his medical license in his pocket! The judge simply told Murray not to administer anesthesia to any more patients before allowing him to post bail - so I guess that was being pretty harsh on the good doctor! He’s even back at his office practicing medicine!
By contrast, Michael Jackson was cuffed like a common criminal, physically brutalized while in custody and degraded before the entire world. Michael never so much as harmed a single hair on the head of any child. Despite being found Not Guilty on all counts, Michael carried the physical, emotional and spiritual scars of that horrendous ordeal for the rest of his life!
Dr. Murray was not impaired when he "willfully" put Michael's life in danger night after night. He was guilty several times of consciously engaging in the same negligent and potentially fatal act. A charge of Involuntary Manslaughter would be giving Murray a free pass for being a medical moron, which he is not! If Murray was impaired in any way, it was for willfully engaging in an illegal and potentially fatal practice "while under the influence of an intoxicating salary!"
Dr. Murray was an "employee" hired by AEG to be Michael's personal physician during his London concert tour. Michael was in a perilous physical state and many of us believe he would never have survived the concert schedule of 50 shows that AEG had forced on him. AEG must have known this, as they saw his frail, nearly skeletal condition up close every day at rehearsals. Michael himself expressed severe anxiety and worry that he would not be able to handle the physical strain, but felt pressured to continue when the added shows were announced publicly without his knowledge.
We believe Michael was being controlled in the most sinister way through drug "enabling" to make him compliant to their wishes - for as long as they needed him! I find it horrifying that Michael barely made it to the end of rehearsals, which were conveniently captured on film. He died just 13 days before opening night in London. AEG's "backup plan" of turning rehearsal footage into a blockbuster film grossed nearly a quarter of a BILLION dollars worldwide with just a limited run! They recouped their concert losses and then some – proving in the end they didn't need Michael. It is important to determine exactly who Dr. Murray took his orders from, especially when we know he demanded payment from AEG - for providing his “services” - AFTER he killed Michael!
Michael Jackson died at the hands of Dr. Conrad Murray - a cold-blooded opportunist, who chose to look the other way in favor of his own greed. What more is needed to bring a charge of Second Degree murder against this man? The punishment must fit the crime.
We cannot allow Michael Jackson’s death to fade into obscurity. His rights must be protected under the law, and his life was...and is worth a lot more than a reprimand and a few months in jail. As for "bagging groceries," perhaps Dr. Murray should consider such a noble profession upon his release from prison, as he most certainly should have his medical license revoked as well. A cardiologist is trained to know the inner workings of the human heart in order to treat patients properly to keep them alive. Apparently, Dr. Murray knew just enough to stop Michael's heartbeat. Whatever justice prevails in this case, Dr. Murray will always be a lot better off than Michael Jackson. He has his life!
Justice in this case is nothing less than Second Degree Murder.
Most respectfully,
MICHELINE JAMES