Michael Jackson’s Doctor Charged

In a Los Angeles courtroom on Jan. 9, 2010, Dr. Conrad Murray pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop star Michael Jackson. His bail was set at $75,000 and the judge restricted the doctor’s medical practice, saying, “I don’t want you sedating people.”

Many Jackson family members were present at the proceedings, including matriarch Katherine Jackson. Of the charges being brought, the family told cameras outside the courthouse, “it’s not enough.”

Murray has always claimed that Jackson requested or even demanded he administer the powerful anesthetic propofol, in order to help the King of Pop overcome his insomnia.

This raised questions immediately after Jackson’s death in summer 2009, but it’s taken months for the district attorney’s office to get to the point of pressing charges, despite the coroner's ruling that Jackson died from "acute propofol intoxication."

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