Make no doubt about it. Conrad Murray (I will not do further damage to the profession of medicine by using his disgraced title) and his group of hired guns, otherwise known as defense attorneys, will sink to even lower depths as they try to save his freedom. For the record: I do not disparage all attorneys, only those that like their client will do anything for a buck. Or more correctly a lot of bucks.
When a perpetrator has no reasonable defense and nearly all hope is gone there is always one last desperate play: blame the victim.
I raped her cause she wanted it. The child had no loving father figure and wanted me to touch them. I only did it because I love her...She made me hit her. We've all heard it before and the world is very likely to hear it again when the victim, Michael Jackson, is put on trial instead of Conrad Murray.
The defense will spare no expense, truth or civility in their attempt to paint a very dark portrait of MJ the 'hopelessly addicted junkie' and probably far worse. They will add further spice as they include just a pinch of past troubles and allegations that have little if anything to do with his death. They will do their best to divert the attention away from their client and refocus the trial on the 'deeply troubled life of desperate man' that accidentally killed himself.
I pray (as a physician) that at the end of the day one question will be answered. Was it the reasonable standard of care in Los Angeles for a doctor to administer a powerful general anesthesia drug to a person in their bedroom that consequently caused the person (an alleged 'hopelessly addicted junkie or not) to die? Or was the doctor practicing sub-standard medicine, outside the scope of his training, in an inappropriate and insufficiently monitored setting?
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to say the defense will spare nothing when it comes to trashing Michael. It's coming
and I simply hate the idea. The man is not even here any longer and he is still
the victim of viscious attacks on his person and legacy. I sincerely hope that the
prosecution has a iron tight case and is prepared to refute what is sure to be alleged.
I also hope that the positive energy and feelings toward Michael since his passing
will withstand this and that those who have a media voice will speak out in his
defense. I certainly will in my own small way. I think it should also be remembered
that there are three children who will be greatly affected by what's said about their
beloved father.
Murray is just another groupie MD who crossed the line, because his need for money became more important to him than his professional oath, which was to keep his patient safe at all costs. His crime was his inability to stick to his oath and say "no" to someone unable to make that decision for himself. Murray violated his oath as a doctor and because of that a man died. And why next not violate his reponsibility by blaming the victim himself? What else can you expect?
In my book Murray is guilty. He is totally negligent of mal-practice. I visited quite a few medical blogs after M.J. died last June and there were real doctors on them commenting on what Murray did and they all thought he was nuts. Not one condoned what he did. Not one. Also there were quite a few nurses commenting that if a nurse had done what Murray had done, i.e. give propofol in a private home, that the nurse would have lost their nursing license.
In the autopsy report for M.J. it clearly states that M.J.'s cause of death was propofol administered by another. The standard of care for propofol administration was NOT MET. Also in the autopsy it stated that M.J. would not have been able to self administer propofol into his leg port. He's guilty. Case closed.
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Please continue to speak out so that he can do this to anyone else.
As Michael Jackson said, "Anything for money...." Murray and his lawyers are despicable!
During those times, I will remember what I have read about
the many happy times in his life Michael Jackson spent with his kids,
Like this one from his stay in Ireland.
“Michael had heard about the place through an agent; he had lots of agents,” Dunning relates. Once the family arrived, the gates were closed and the Jackson children settled down to a routine of lessons in a small room off one of the studios, playing with Dunning’s two children in the afternoons. Jackson made his own porridge in the mornings, favoured grilled chicken, fish and rice for dinner, went for walks, and read The Irish Times daily.
“He was very interested in how this country worked, and the boom that was on here at the time. He was an avid reader of The Irish Times ; he read it every day from start to finish.”
I am so happy that Michael Jackson's children: Prince, Paris, and Blanket,
have these and other Beautiful memories of time spent
in Love and Peace with their father.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0407/1224267823030.html