Michael is never coming back but the right decision was made today to take Murray to trial. We just have to pray the right result is attained at the end. Justice for Michael.
Yes bringing him to trial is the right decision, I agree. But I don't feel the right result will be attained.
I have never been comfortable with evaluating a sentence. Should someone get 10 years, 15 years , what is the fair sentence ? I hope I'll never be called for jury duty, because here juries are only for major crimes, and the jury has to decide on the verdict and the sentence, with the help of professional judges.
6 or 7 years ago, a famous french singer was convicted for killing his girlfriend (she was a famous actress). It happened in Lithuania, so he was convicted and sentenced there, according to Lithuanian laws.
He was convicted based on
his version of the story, which was they got into an argument, she lost control, he slapped her 4 times in the face, she fell down, unconscious.
She fell into a coma, he did not realise how serious it was - he said he thought she was sleeping. They had been drinking that night. He was upset, so he called a lot of people to tell them about the incident, someone eventually came to check on her, realised it was serious, and called for medical assistance, 6 or 7 hours after the slaps. She had some sort of brain swelling (during the slaps her brain had hit the skull too hard apparently), and she died a few days later. She might have been saved if she had been treated immediately.
He was convicted based on his version not really because they really know what happened , they were alone in that room, but because his version was plausible : he was NOT caught lying. He did show remorse, and expressed it to her family during the trial. He had no history of violence, they never found a single witness who testified for that.
He killed someone, not intentionally, it happened very quickly, he never thought that 4 slaps in the face would have such consequences, and as he is not a medical professional, he did not recognise a coma. That's what he was convicted for.
He got 8 years, and served 4.
Now, I'm not saying 8 years is a fair sentence, I don't know that.
Compare that to what Murray did. He killed someone, probably not intentionally.
He bought over 250 vials of propofol over a 2 months period of time, and never took the time to worry about the possible side effects, or what drug propofol should not be mixed with ???
4 years maximum ??? This is so upsetting.
I hope he will get 4 years, without parole.