Dr. Murray Dropping Claim That Michael Jackson Injected Himself?

In watching the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, weve heard reports that his attorney is dropping the claim that Michael Jackson injected himself with the fatal dose of Propofol in his death.

In his recorded testimony to the police, Dr. Murray told investigators that he left Michael alone for two minutes, in order to use the bathroom. This directly opposed the opening statements of his attorney, which stated that Michael injected himself.

Today, his attorneys are trying to convince the jury that Michael awakened in time to inject himself and that Dr. Murray was actually gone longer, while he was on the phone.

Dr. Murrays attorney, J. Michael Flanagan suggested that the two minute time period might have been inaccurate. Dr. Murray previously said that he left for two minutes to use the bathroom and when he returned, Michael wasnt breathing.

During Mr. Flanagans questioning of cardiologist, Dr. Alon Steinberg, he said, Lets assume Dr. Murray was gone for a period of time longer than two minutes.maybe it was tenfifteentwentywhat is it about Michael Jackson that makes him savable?

It was already stated that Dr. Murray was on the phone for 45 minutes prior to discovering Michael not breathing. So why did he tell investigators that he was only gone for two minutes? Either way, the testimony from the doctors today isnt doing anything for the Defenses case.

Dr. Alon Steinberg and Dr. Nader Kamangar both stated that Dr. Murray was grossly negligent in his standard of care on several accounts. He didnt have a backup battery for the pulsoximeter, he didnt have a crash cart, he waited longer than the two minutes to call 911 and he shouldnt have used Propofol to get Michael to sleep, without being in a hospital setting.

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