(4 Nov 2011)
1. Wide of judge instructing jurors
2. Close up of defendant Dr Conrad Murray
3. Close up of prosecutor David Walgren
4. UPSOUND: (English) David Walgren, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the evidence in this case is overwhelming, the evidence in the case is abundantly clear that Conrad Murray acted with criminal negligence, that Conrad Murray caused the death of Michael Jackson."
5. Close up of Walgren
6. Murray looking on
7. UPSOUND: (English) David Walgren, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County:
"This is where propofol is used. Not here (shot switches to power point on screen, showing bedroom where Jackson died). Not in an upstairs bedroom without any of such necessary equipment and care."
8. Medium of Walgren presenting argument
9. Murray looking on
10. UPSOUND: (English) David Walgren, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County:
"He chose not to keep medical records because he did not want to document this pharmaceutical experiment he was conducting. And that is what it was. There was no precedence for this."
11. Mid of Murray
12. Murray's attorney Ed Chernoff delivering closing arguments
13. Murray
14. UPSOUND: (English) Ed Chernoff, Conrad Murray's attorney:
"This isn't about money, it's about liberty and for a crime, for a crime to be proved."
15. UPSOUND: (English) Ed Chernoff, Conrad Murray's attorney: ++CLIENTS NOTE TOP OF SOUNDBITE IS OVERLAID WITH SLIDE SHOWN IN COURT++
"What Dr Murray gave Michael Jackson absolutely would not have harmed him without an unusual and intervening circumstance."
16. UPSOUND: (English) Ed Chernoff, Conrad Murray's attorney:
"They want you to convict Dr Murray for the actions of Michael Jackson. They just don't want to tell you that."
17. Power point slide showing a prosecution witness, meant to undermine his credibility
18. Medium shot of Chernoff delivering closing argument to jury
19. Murray looking on with hand on chin
20. UPSOUND: (English) David Walgren, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County:
"There's list of doctors that said no because that would be dangerous and harmful. And there's one doctor that said yes. For 150,000 dollars a month, yes."
21. Judge giving jury instructions
22. Clerk swearing in jury member
23. Slow zoom into Murray
STORYLINE:
The case of Michael Jackson's doctor was placed in a jury's hands on Thursday after contentious legal arguments over who was to blame for the superstar's death - the celebrity who craved sleep at any cost or the doctor accused of providing the drugs that killed him.
In final statements delivered in a packed courtroom, a defence attorney cast Dr Conrad Murray as a victim of Jackson's celebrity, saying he never would have been charged with involuntary manslaughter if his patient was someone other than Jackson.
"They want you to convict Dr Murray for the actions of Michael Jackson," attorney Ed Chernoff said. "They just don't want to tell you that."
Prosecutor David Walgren portrayed Murray as a liar and greedy opportunist who put his own welfare before that of Jackson.
Walgren told jurors that Murray was criminally liable for Jackson's death, and emphasised that Murrays' negligence, including the administration of propofol, stemmed from material greed: "There's a list of doctors that said no because that would be dangerous and harmful. And there's one doctor that said yes. For 150,000 dollars a month, yes."
If convicted, Murray could receive a minimum sentence of probation or a maximum of four years.
Walgren reiterated that Murray, untrained in anesthesiology, was incompetent.
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