I've got to be honest I don't know but I hope not. MJ was not normal...I mean wealth, fame, talent and the ghosts that go along with it, but his case was not imo anything different than so many "legal" drug users due to their fame and wealth. Bad medicine yes, murder I just do'n't think so. MJ cash cow to this fool, it was a tragic mistake and his fame doens't change that fact for me.
Again, jmo.
I do hope Dr. Murray is convicted on the stiffest charge possible. Why? Because no matter how much money MJ dangled in front of him to practice beyond questionable medicine, it was HIS responsibility as a physician to say, "I don't give a damn what kind of money you offer, what you are asking me to do is not what a responsible doctor would do and could very well end up killing you. I won't have any part of it.". And then he should have walked away. He wasn't some buddy of MJ's or a paid companion even. He was physician and he is held to a higher standard. First, do no harm. He did a lot of things that were likely to cause the ultimate harm.....death.
Sure, MJ would have probably kept doctor shopping or drug shopping until he met an untimely death. Good chance of that. But Dr. Murray did not have to be the instrument of death. He could gave refused the money and walked away. I'll bet others did. But the money was worth gambling with another human being's life and that is unforgivable for a doctor. I'd say it is downright criminal.
This case needs to send a message to other medical professionals that they should not be tempted to leave their ethics, good sense and morals at the door when money is waved under their noses, especially in life or death situations. Dr. Murray gives doctors a bad name.



I do still like to hear Casey Jordan's take on things; I think she's extremely intelligent, knowledgeable, perceptive, and not into the drama.

Oh snap!