
Dr. Conrad Murray blows a kiss to an unidentified member of the courtroom audience after he was sentenced to four years behind bars for his involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of pop star Michael Jackson.
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Dr. Conrad Murray listens as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor delivers his sentence Tuesday.
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Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson, arrives at the courthouse for the sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray.
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LaToya Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson, arrives at the courthouse for Tuesday's sentencing.
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Dr. Conrad Murray's attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, right, arrives at the courthouse.
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Michael Jackson fans scream with approval after hearing the news of the guilty verdict in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Nov. 7, 2011.
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Katherine Jackson leaves the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center after she and her family heard the jury's guilty verdict in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter case.
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LaToya Jackson walks past screaming fans and photographers after hearing the guilty verdict in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter case at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Nov. 7, 2011.
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Dr. Conrad Murray is handcuffed by a bailiff after he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Monday in the death of singer Michael Jackson.
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Dr. Conrad Murray remained expressionless as the jury returned with a guilty verdict Monday.
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Dr. Conrad Murray sits at the defense table during court session Monday in which he was declared guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson.
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A crowd gathers outside court in downtown Los Angeles. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson.
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Jana Bates, 16, cries outside court in downtown Los Angeles. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.
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Michael Jackson supporters square off with Conrad Murray supporter Willie Hampton, left, on the sidewalk in front of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, where Murray was found guilty Monday.
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Michael Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, arrive at the courthouse to hear the jury's verdict.
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Dr. Paul White, an anesthesiologist and propofol expert, demonstrates an intravenous drip during Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson.
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Anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer holds an intravenous line as he is cross-examined by a defense attorney.
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Dr. Conrad Murray speaks with a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in the courtroom.
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Prosecution witness Dr. Stephen Shafer, far right, answers a question from Deputy Dist. Att. David Walgren, standing left.
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Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren shows documents to Dr. Robert Waldman, an addiction specialist, during his testimony.
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Dennis Hix, defense character witness and former patient of Dr. Conrad Murray, testifies in Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in L.A.
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Cherilyn Lee, Michael Jackson's former nurse practitioner, wipes her eyes during testimony at Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of the singer in Los Angeles Superior Court. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted.
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Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan, right, approaches witness Michael Dean Henson, technical operations officer for Pacific Toxicology Labs, during Henson's testimony.
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Los Angeles Police Department Det. Orlando Martinez testifies as the defense starts its case.
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Dr. Christopher Rogers, deputy medical examiner at the Los Angeles coroner's office, left, is shown an empty prescription bottle of Lorazepam from Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren during Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Judge Michael E. Pastor listens as Dr. Alon Steinberg speaks from the witness stand during during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Dr. Alon Steinberg gestures while speaking from the witness stand during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Dr. Conrad Murray listens as Dr. Alon Steinberg speaks from the witness stand during Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson.
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Dr. Alon Steinberg testifies. Dr. Conrad Murray is charged in the death of singer Michael Jackson, who died of an overdose of prescription drugs, including propofol and lorazepam, in June 2009.
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Los Angeles CA, USA — Michael Jackson's brother and sister, Randy and Janet Jackson, arrive at the courthouse.
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LOS ANGELES CA, USA — Defense attorney Ed Chernoff, right, holds an intravenous line as he questions medical equipment rep Sally Hirschberg during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial.
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Los Angeles — Judge Michael E. Pastor listens as prosecution witness Nicole Alvarez testifies in Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2011.
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Los Angeles — Prosecution witness Sade Anding points in court during her testimony in Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Dr. Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death.
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Los Angeles — Michael Jackson's siblings Rebbie Jackson, center, and Randy Jackson, left, arrive at the courthouse.
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Los Angeles — Prosecution witness and paramedic Richard Senneff, right, testifies as Judge Michael E. Pastor observes. Senneff testified that Dr. Conrad Murray said Jackson had no underlying medical condition on the day the pop star stopped breathing at his mansion.
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Los Angeles — Although Jackson appeared dead, his skin cold, eyes dry and his pupils dilated, Dr. Conrad Murray insisted he had "just" lost consciousness, paramedic Richard Senneff testified.
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Los Angeles — Defense attorney J. Michael Flannigan watches co-counsel Naug Gourjian cross-examine paramedic Richard Senneff.
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Los Angeles — An emotional Dr. Conrad Murray looks up during the defense opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Los Angeles — Prosecutor Deborah Brazil questions paramedic Martin Blunt.
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Los Angeles — Paramedic Martin Blunt testifies during Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles — Dr. Richelle Cooper, emergency room physician, testifies in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown.
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Los Angeles — Prosecution witness Robert William Johnson, left, testifies as Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren questions him. Johnson said the pulse and blood-oxygen monitor Murray used on Jackson was "not labeled for constant monitoring" of a patient and should have only been used for spot checks.
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Los Angeles — Robert Russell, a former patient of Dr. Conrad Murray, testified that he felt desperate, frustrated and abandoned when Murray failed to keep crucial appointments about his heart about the time of Jackson's death.
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Los Angeles — Alberto Alvarez, a Michael Jackson body guard, testifies during the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.
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Los Angeles — Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren holds a bottle of propofol while questioning Alberto Alvarez. Alvarez testified that Dr. Conrad Murray wanted to hide medicine in the pop star's room before calling 911 after Jackson stopped breathing.
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Los Angeles — Defendant Conrad Murray looks on as his attorney J. Michael Flanagan speaks in court.
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Los Angeles — Defense Attorney J. Michael Flanagan questions Kai Chase, Michael Jackson's personal chef.
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Los Angeles — Kai Chase, Michael Jackson's personal chef, testifies during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.
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Los Angeles — Television trucks are parked along Spring Street in downtown L.A. for coverage of the Murray trial.
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Los Angeles — Conrad Murray, flanked by his attorney's, J. Michael Flanagan, left, and Edward Chernoff during court proceedings on the second day of Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles — Michael Jackson's personal assistant, Michael Amir Williams, testified that the singer's personal physician asked to be driven back to the singer's Holmby Hills mansion to retrieve something, Dr. Conrad Murray said he needed to get "some cream that Michael wouldn't want the world to know about," recalled Williams, during the second day of the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles — Conrad Murray watches prosecutor Deborah Brazil question concert promoter Paul Gongaware on the second day of his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson.
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Los Angeles — Concert promoter Paul Gongaware testified that he negotiated the terms when Dr. Conrad Murray was hired to be Jackson's personal physician during his London tour.
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Los Angeles — Micheal Jackson fan David Jack Grimsley stands on the sidewalk outside Superior Court in a show of support during the second day of the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles — Anesthesiologist Dr. Barry Friedberg brought props to the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles CA, USA — A supporter of Dr. Conrad Murray stands on the sidewalk outside Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles on the second day of Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Los Angeles — Dr. Conrad Murray listens to the prosecution's opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter trial.
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Los Angeles — A prosecution exhibit is projected during opening arguments in the Conrad Murray trial, showing two images of Michael Jackson: one dancing on June 24, 2009, and one on a gurney the next day.
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Los Angeles — Judge Michael E. Pastor listens to opening arguments by Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren.
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Los Angeles — Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren shows a monitoring device to the jury during the prosecution's opening arguments.
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Los Angeles — Michael Jackson's family, including his parents, Katherine and Joe Jackson, brother Jermaine and sisters La Toya and Janet, and other brothers arrive at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
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Los Angeles — Michael Jackson fans are gathered outside Los Angeles County Superior Court for opening statements in the highly anticipated trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who is accused of administering a fatal dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol.
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Los Angeles — La Toya Jackson arrives at the courthouse for opening statements in the trial.
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