chernoff comes from dr. murray's old hometown houston and prides himself on the closeness with clients and saying on the website that clients consider him a savior and a friend. >> everybody flocks around him. there's got to be 100 cameras, and what about michael jackson being so screwed up, and you see dr. murray? that is what happens when dr. murray is not around. >> and the fact that he is fantastic, but you shouldn't call him murphy. >> what's his name? >> four months before his death, murray says that jackson began pressing him to close his las vegas and houston practices and become his full time physician. he wanted murray to keep him in top health for the 50 "this is it" concerts. >> he said, dr. conrad, i have watched you. i have looked at you for so long. i said, why are you looking at me? what is that about? he says, i looked at you, because i tested you. you are the one. >> in april 2009, murray agreed to make michael jackson his only patient. he shut down his private cardiology practice and moved

chernoff comes from dr. murray's old hometown houston and prides himself on the closeness with the clients and saying on the website that clients consider him a savior and a friend. >> everybody flocks around him. there's got to be 100 cameo, and what about michael jackson being so screwed up, and you see dr. murray? that is what happens when dr. m murray is not around. >> and the fact that he is fantastic, but you shouldn't call him murphy. >> four months before his death, murray says that jackson began to press him to close his las vegas and houston practices and become his full time physician. he wanted murray to keep him in top health for the 50 "this is it" concerts. >> he said, dr. conrad, i have watched you. i have looked at you for so l g long. i said, why are you looking at me? what is that about? he says, i looked at you, because i tested you. you are the one. >> in april 2009, murray agreed to make michael jackson his only patie patient. he shut down his private cardiology practice and moved to lo

chernoff comes from dr. murray's old hometown, houston, and prides himself on his closeness with clients, saying on his website that clients consider him a savior and a friend. >> everybody flocks around. and there's got to be 100 cameras. so she says, well, what about michael jackson being so screwed up? i said yeah. you see why he needed dr. murphy -- or murray? that's what happens when dr. murray's not around. >> you know what? there's nothing wrong with that. you have a first amendment right to that. in fact, i think that's fantastic. you just didn't call him murphy. >> what's his name? >> four months before his death murray says jackson began pressing him to close his las vegas and houston medical clinics and become his personal full-time physician. he wanted murray to keep him in top health for the 50 "this is it" concerts. >> he said, "dr. conrad, i have watched you. i have looked at you for so long." and i said, why are you looking at me? what was that about? he said, "i looked at you because i teste

chernoff comes from dr. murray's old town and prides himself on his closeness with client saying that clients consider him a savior and a friend. >> everybody flocks around him. there has to be a hundred cameras. what about michael jackson being so screwed up. you see why he needed dr. murray. that's what happens when he is not around. >> you know what, nothing wrong with that. in fact i think that's fantastic. you just called him murphy. >> what's his name? >> four months before his death, murray said jackson began pressing him to close his las vegas and houston medical clinics and become his personal full time physician. he wanted murray to keep him in top health for the 50 this is it concerts. >> he said dr. conrad, i have watched you and looked to you for so long. i said what was that about? he said i looked at you because i tested you and you are the one. >> in april of 2009, murray agreed to make michael jackson his only patient. he shut down his private cardiology practice and moved to los angeles to

finally, chernoff turned to his own experts. >> i specialize in addiction medicine. >> reporter: dr. robert wal dw man reviewed records from jackson's dermatologist, in the months before his death, he got frequent treatments and lots of painkillers. >> i believe there's evidence that he was probably addicted to opiods. >> reporter: for the jackson family, they were hard words to hear. >> they sat in that classroom and listened to testimony that their son and brother was a drug addict. often they had to leave, but they were always there the next day. that made a very powerful statement without saying a word. >> reporter: the addiction, the insomnia, the desperation were so great said dr. paul white, that jackson swallowed powerful pills by the handful. >> it would be my guess that mr. jackson may well have taken three or four pills at a couple different times. >> reporter: thin white, a renowned an thesologyist demonstrated how he thought murray administered propofol. >> you would just inject very slowly. that's what dr. murray said he did. that's a safeway to do it. >> murray, he say

finally, chernoff turned to his own experts. >> i specialize in addiction medicine. >> reporter: dr. robert wal dw man reviewed records from jackson's dermatologist, in the months before his death, he got frequent treatments and lots of painkillers. >> i believe there's evidence that he was probably addicted to opiods. >> reporter: for the jackson family, they were hard words to hear. >> they sat in that classroom and listened to testimony that their son and brother was a drug addict. often they had to leave, but they were always there the next day. that made a very powerful statement without saying a word. >> reporter: the addiction, the insomnia, the desperation were so great said dr. paul white, that jackson swallowed powerful pills by the handful. >> it would be my guess that mr. jackson may well have taken three or four pills at a couple different times. >> reporter: thin white, a renowned an thesologyist demonstrated how he thought murray administered propofol. >> you would just inject very slowly. that's what dr. murray said he did. that's a safeway to do it. >> murray, he say

chernoff? >> thank you. >> for his part, defense attorney ed chernoff said there was no proof a crime had occurred. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the actions of michael jackson. they just don't want to tell you that. >> security guard alberto alvarez testified that murray asked him to clean p up the scene before calling 911. chernoff argued that alvarez just wants to tell a story that he can sell. >> do you honestly believe that alberto alvarez is not going to cash in? honestly? >> and he said dr. murray is being held to a higher standard because of who his patient was. >> somebody's got to say it. somebody's got to tell the truth. if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, this would doctor be here today? >> there's this tremendous desire to paint dr. murray as a villain, they want to paint a perfect villain and perfect victim, as if we're in a television show and we're going to break for commercial and want to feel good about the movie as it ends. there's no perfe

>> reporter: for the defense, lead attorney ed chernoff went right at that question, telling jurors, yes, conrad murray was negligent but it was not him that killed the drug-addicted michael jackson. >> he got brought into this situation because he thought he could help. he could help him sleep normally. he was just a little fish in a big, dirty pond. >> reporter: and chernoff told jurors conrad murray is being held responsible for what michael jackson did to himself. that may belong in front of a medical review board, but not in criminal court. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? if you're going to hold dr. murray responsible, don't do it because it's michael jackson. >> reporter: but prosecutors were not through. and used biting sarcasm so drive home their final point. one man is responsible for michael jackson's death and it is not the man who died that day. >> poor conrad murray. michael jackson is dead. and we have to hear about poor conrad murray. >> reporter: and with that, after six weeks, 49 witnesses, more than 330

chernoff, would you like to be heard? >> you are asking about sentencing? >> dr. marie -- murray has a statutory right to sentencing within 20 days after this court date. i do not believe we have a probation report. i have not reviewed any documentation and do not think we do. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> this is kim - about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.

and people that love them. >> chernoff was lecturing the jury on rate tv versus reality. could talking to juries in that manner, i don't know, alien nate some of them perhaps? >> i like ed chernoff, i thought he did a wonderful job considering the evidence, overwhelming evidence i considered against conrad murly. it pushed it a bit far, he's dramatic story teller, there is that celebrity piece of this case. i don't know that the reality it will television that was effective and the jury is considering the evidence in this case, including the theory. >> you thought chernoff did a good job, watched both closinging arguments who had a stronger case? >> maybe it is the former prosecutor in me, brooke, but i think the first-degree this case is very overwhelming, that was methodical process a lot of evidence, a very leanly tried case. it wasn't overcharged. at the end of the day, maybe a jury nullification, a hung jury, but the prosecution in my view, proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> case two, the paternity suit against teen heart throb justin bieber this young wom

chernoff, mr. flanagan, mr. walgren and ms. brazil. all alternates are present, all members of the jury are present. to everybody, good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i'm advised the jury has reached a verdict. who is the forperson of the jury? >> i am your honor. >> juror number three, thank you. is that in fact correct? yes. >> the jury reached a verdict. >> yes. >> has the jury through the forperson signed the appropriate verdict form? >> yes, sir. >> do you have all of the verdict forms with you? >> yes. >> could you provide the verdict forms to deputy jones, who will then present them to me? >>> courts has reviewed the verdict form and ladies and gentlemen, there is a typo in terms of the date of the alleged dins dent. it was written june 9 wsh 2009. and juror number to nub number three, you have corrected that to june 25 and you put squibllys. >> gentlemen. >> i have passed this to the court clerk and ms. benson will publish the verdict. >> superior court of california, los angeles county. the

. >> reporter: for the defense, lead attorney ed chernoff went to the heart of their case. yes, conrad murray made mistakes, he said, but it was not him that killed the drug-addicted michael jackson. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the actions of michael jackson. they just don't want to hall you that. >> reporter: the defense telling the jury, dr. murray could be in trouble before the state medical board or in civil court but he did not commit a crime. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? >> reporter: the defense ending its argument by saying and reminding the jurors that while this is los angeles, this is not a reality tv show. that real lives hang in the balance. and then, ed chernoff asked for the jury to do, quote, the right thing and find conrad murray not guilty. diane? >> jim, thank you so much. i want to bring in abc's legal analyst, dan abrams, once again, tonight. you were saying earlier, this is an uphill battle for the doctor because even if the jury isn't convinced that he administered that la

chernoff did? >> he did okay. he was working with the west he had. i think the repetitive prior to that he should use these words, the repetitive use of error and judgment is not gross njts i think is the strongest argument. however, you have to look at the jury deliberations. they basically went a day and a morning, and if we can tell by the details of the -- because this was in many respects a malpractice case bordering on gross negligence which made it criminal, i think they had -- the jury had a complete grasp of the evidence abdomnd the marker sunny mentioned are for the jury instructions, which are at best very difficult to understand, and i think those were their issues in deliberation. as far as the closing arguments for the prosecution, we don't need to say any further how wonderful it was, kept it like a road map and table of contents as he basically came in and said, this is the evidence, this is what we proved, this is gross negligence. chernoff to wrap this dialogue up, i really think at some point in time they should have had more witne

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>> that was conrad murray's defense attorney, ed chernoff. that's the scene outside the courtroom live. but right now, my colleague dylan ratigan will take over with our legal experts john kelly and jami floyd. dylan, i'll join you in a moment. it's all over to you. >> i look forward to that. toure also sticks around to join us this afternoon, as what will be an interesting period of time, to say the least. we're minutes away from the verdict. martin will not be going far. we'll be tapping into martin's personal experience. the jackson family has now gathered inside the courtroom, as michael jackson's fans stand vigil outside the courtroom. live now inside the courtroom, we wait for the judge. dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he faces up to four years in prison. and could lose his medical license, depending on the verdict. we start with nbc's kristen dahlgren, who has the greatest sense of what is going on inside and outside of that courtroom. hi, kristen. >> reporter: hi, dylan. about of five minutes ago, our produ

chernoff's invitation to read the whole book, and i have. i've been impressed by the submissions from family and friends and associations of dr. murray. it is a book of dr. murray life. but i've also read the book of michael jackson's life. not isolated chapters from either. regrettably as far as dr. murray is concerned, the most significant chapter as it relates to this case is the chapter involving the treatment or lack of treatment of michael jackson. and michael jackson died not because of an isolated one-off occurrence or incident. he died because of a totality of circumstances which are directly attributable to dr. murray. not some mistake or some accident in the early morning hours of june 25, 2009, but because of a series of decisions that dr. murray made which jeopardized his patient, which violated his obligations to his patient in the essence of a hippocratic oath. those violations overcome the other aspects of dr. murray treatment of other patients and the good deeds he may have done before that time. dr. murray created a set of

for his defense, ed chernoff went to the heart of their case. yes, conrad murray made mistakes, he said. but it was not him that killed michael jackson. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the jacksactions michael jackson. >> reporter: the defense telling the jury dr. murray could be in trouble in front of the state's medical board or in civil court. but he did not commit a crime. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would in doctor be here today? >> reporter: the defense ending its closing argument, reminding the jurors of while this is los angeles, this is not a reality tv show. lives hang in the balance. asking the jury to, quote, do the right thing and find conrad avil avila, abc news, los angeles. is di beating his disabled n daughter with a belt will not face criminal charges. police say simply too muff time has gone by to go forward with the case. william adams, who actually presides over child abuse cases, is being investigated by the state judicial conduct commission and the family protective services. he

for his defense, ed chernoff went to the heart of their case. yes, conrad murray made mistakes, he said. but it was not him that killed michael jackson. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the jacksactions michael jackson. >> reporter: the defense telling the jury dr. murray could be in trouble in front of the state's medical board or in civil court. but he did not commit a crime. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would in doctor be here today? >> reporter: the defense ending its closing argument, reminding the jurors of while this is los angeles, this is not a reality tv show. lives hang in the balance. asking the jury to, quote, do the right thing and find conrad murray not guilty. jim avila, abc news, los angeles. >>> the texas judge shown on videotape beating his disabled daughter with a belt will not face criminal charges. police say simply too muff time has gone by to go forward with the case. william adams, who actually presides over child abuse cases, is being investigated by the state judicial conduct

. >> reporter: murray himself did not speak at his sentencing but his attorney, ed chernoff asked for leniency. >> i do wonder to what extent the court considers the entirety of a man's book of life as opposed to just one chapter. >> reporter: a plea that had no impact on the judge, who threw the book at murray. afterwards, members of the jackson family were glad it was over. >> think the judge was fair. i want to thank the fans for being so loyal in supporting us. i think we got a fair trial. thank you, fans, thank you very much. >> reporter: murray remains in a los angeles jail but it's unclear how much time he'll serve due to prison overcrowding in california. we understand under current statute, the four years in state prison will be translated to two years in the county jail, minus time served, so it is our understanding dr. conrad murray will serve less than two years in the l.a. county jail. meanwhile, the prosecution is asking for $100 million in restitution, another $1.8 million to cover funeral expenses. that is a whole lot of money. these issues will be determined in a sepa

lead defense attorney ed chernoff is at his santa monica hotel, everyone promised two hours' notice to scramble back to court. >> hi, dr. murray. >> reporter: conrad murray taped on the street in santa monica by paparazzi today awaits the verdict at his girlfriend's apartment. >> i'm with friends and family and my children. >> reporter: one witness conrad murray wanted the judge to hear, but the judge would not allow, dr. arnie klein, the beverly hills dermatologist the defense team blames for jackson'sle addiction and ensuing insomnia. now, for the first time since the trial began dr. klein sat down with abc news today and conceded he gave jackson demerol, large dosed because his six-hour treatments involved up to a thousand needle pricks over six hours, but denies any addiction. >> if i addicted him to demerol and would remain in his body for a long time, yet they found non in his body. i made his face better. >> reporter: they've used the the courtroom to stretch their legs with no indication of a decision any time soon. if they don't reach a verdict today they will not deliberate o

lead defense attorney ed chernoff adamantly against his client taking the witness stand, while michael flanagan, in the second chair, told murray to win the case, he had to explain directly to the jury. and with cameras off, judge michael pastor to murray -- if you want to testify, you will testify. do you understand this is an individual decision? yes. what is your decision? my decision is that i will not testify in this matter. >> there's no way you can handle the cross examination. you're going to be defeated before you even start. >> reporter: part of the jackson family in court again today, and now that the evidence is all in, tito and remember bea, michael's siblings in london to promote a tribute concert, talked about how helpless they feel about their brother's drug habit. >> he was in denial. we tried very hard. there were several interventions. >> reporter: closing arguments are now scheduled for thursday. the jury should get the case friday. diane? >> all right, jim, thanks to you. >>> and still ahead, secrets to living a happy life. from someone who may know, do you think s

chernoff? >> yes. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i will now read to you final instructions upon discharge of jurors. you now have completed your jury service on this case. on behalf of all of the employees of the los angeles superior court and the parties in this case, and others involved in this case, please accept my thanks for your time and effort. throughout this trial, i have admonished each of you not to discuss anything about this case, with anyone other than a fellow juror during deliberations in the jury room. that order is lifted and vacated. which means that from now on, you have the absolute right, either to discuss or not to discuss anything about this case with anyone else. if you want to talk about the case, that decision is appropriate. if you do not want to talk about this case, the decision is appropriate. the decision is yours and yours alone. i repeat, the decision is yours and yours alone. i remind you that under california law, you must wait at least 90 days before negotiating

defense attorney ed chernoff said dr. murray was a victim of michael jackson's behavior. >> he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: now, dr. murray will be sentenced on november 29. he faces up to four years in prison but he likely will serve much less than that and, scott, that's because the prisons here in california are so overcrowded. >> pelley: ben, thank you very much. two top officials at penn state university surrendered to police today, accused of covering up the crimes of an alleged child molester who had been on the staff of penn state's famed football team. michelle miller is in state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: penn state athletic director tim curley, an interim senior vice president gary schultz are charged with perjury and failing to tell police about the alleged sexual assault of a boy perhaps as young as ten years old by retired football defensive coach jerry sandusky. the alleged incident happened on campus in a locker room shower. state police commissioner frank noonan. >> th

. >> reporter: for the defense, lead attorney ed chernoff went to the heart of their case. yes, conrad murray made mistakes, he said, but it was not him that killed the drug-addicted michael jackson. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the actions of michael jackson. they just don't want to tell you that. >> reporter: the defense telling the jury, dr. murray could be in trouble before the state medical board or in civil court but he did not commit a crime. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? >> reporter: the defense ending and reminding jurors that while this ises will angeles, this is not a reality tv show. the jury now has the case. they begin dleb rations tomorrow. diane? >> jim, thank you so much. i want to bring in abc's legal analyst, dan abrams, once again, tonight. you were saying earlier, this is an uphill battle for the doctor because even if the jury isn't convinced that he administered that last dose, he's in trouble. >> reporter: that's right. the judge issued a huge victory to the prosecutors, t

tofense attorney ed chernoff said dr. murray was a victim of michael jackson's behavior. >> he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: now, dr. murray will be sentenced on november 29. he faces up to four years in prison but he likely will serve much less than that and, scott, that's because the prisons here in california are so overcrowded. >> pelley: ben, thank you very much. two top officials at penn state university surrendered to police today, accused of covering up the crimes of an alleged child molester who had been on the staff of penn state's famed baotball team. michelle miller is in state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: penn state athletic director tim curley, an interim senior vice president gary schultz are charged with perjury and failing to tell police about the alleged sexual assault of a boy perhaps as young as ten years old by retired football defensive coach jerry sandusky. the alleged incident happened on campus in a locker room shower. state police commissioner frank noonan. nk th

lead defense attorney ed chernoff is at his santa monica hotel. everyone promised two hours' notice to scramble back to court. >> hi, dr. murray. >> reporter: conrad murray taped on the street in santa monica by paparazzi today awaits the verdict at his girlfriend's apartment. >> i'm with friends and family and my children. >> reporter: one witness conrad murray wanted the jury to hear but the judge would not allow, dr. arnie klein, the beverly hills dermatologist the defense team blames for jackson's addiction problem and ensuing insomnia. today for the first time since the trial began, dr. klein sits down with abc news and concedes he gave jackson large doses of demerol because his six-hour treatments involved up to a thousand needle pricks of botox but he denies any addiction. >> so i had nothing to do with addicting him to any substance. i made his face better. >> reporter: the jury's used that buzzer three times today, twice to tell the judge they wanted to walk around, needed a break. the third time to say there would be no verdict today. th

lead defense attorney ed chernoff adamantly against his client taking the witness stand, while michael flanagan, in the second chair, told murray to win the case, he had to explain directly to the jury. and with cameras off, judge michael pastor to dr. murray. "if you want to testify, you will testify. do you understand this is an individual decision?" "yes." "what is your decision?" "my decision is that i will not testify in this matter." >> there's no way you can handle the cross examination. you're going to be defeated before you even start. >> reporter: part of the jackson family in court again today, and now that the evidence is all in, tito and rebbie, michael's siblings in london, to promote a tribute concert, talked about how helpless they feel about their brother's drug habit. >> he was in denial. we tried very hard. there were several interventions. >> reporter: closing arguments are now scheduled for thursday. the jury should get the case on friday. diane? >> all right, jim, thanks to you. >>> and still ahead, secrets to living a happy life, from someone who may know. do you

lead defense attorney ed chernoff is at his santa monica hotel, everyone promised two hours' notice to scramble back to court. >> hi, dr. murray. >> reporter: conrad murray taped on the street in santa monica by paparazzi today awaits the verdict at his girlfriend's apartment. >> i'm with friends and family and my children. >> reporter: one witness conrad murray wanted the judge to hear, but the judge would not allow, dr. arnie klein, the beverly hills dermatologist the defense team blames for jackson'sle addiction and ensuing insomnia. now, for the first time since the trial began dr. klein sat down with abc news today and conceded he gave jackson demerol, large dosed because his six-hour treatments involved up to a thousand needle pricks over six hours, but denies any addiction. >> if i addicted him to demerol and would remain in his body for a long time, yet they found non in his body. i made his face better. >> reporter: they've used the buzzer and asked to walk around the courtroom to stretch their legs with no indication of a decision any time soon. if they don't reach a verdict

. >> reporter: murray himself did not speak at his sentencing but his attorney, ed chernoff, asked for leniency. >> i do wonder, though, to what extent the court considers the entirety of a man's book of life as opposed to just one chapter. >> reporter: a plea that had no impact on the judge who threw the book at murray. afterwards members of the jackson family were glad it's over. >> my son's gone. i'll never see him again. but that's the maximum, the judge was fair. >> reporter: murray remains in a los angeles jail but it's unclear how much time he serve due to prison overcrowding in california. the prosecution is also asking for $100 million in restitution and $1.8 million for funeral expenses. those issues will be addressed in a separate hearing january 23rd. in downtown los angeles, stephanie stanton, nbc news. >> traffic is back to normal after a three-car crash at the intersection of wisconsin and western avenues. it ended with a taxi driver running up the steps of the chevy chase pavilion mall. police say an mercedes-benz and an suv were also injured in this crash. >> montgomer

. >> reporter: murray himself did not speak at he is sentencing but his attorney ed chernoff asked for leniency. >> i do wonder, though, to what extent the court considers the entirety of a man's book of life as opposed to just one chapter. >> reporter: a plea that had no impact on the judge, who threw the book at murray. >> i think the judge was fair. i want to thank the fans for being so loyal and supporting us and i think we got a fair trial. but thanks you, fans. thank you very much. >> reporter: murray remains in a los angeles jail but it's unclear how much time he'll serve due to prison overcrowding in california. the prosecution is also asking for $100 million in restitution and $1.8 million for funeral expenses. those issues will be addressed in a separate hearing january 23rd. in downtown los angeles, stephanie stanton, nbc news. >> the british government is warning iran there will be serious consequences for an attack on two diplomatic posts in tehran. today harrline students associated with iran's ba siege movement stormed the british embassy. they burned documents and set f

chernoff, are there any additional witnesses or evidence on behalf of the defense? >> no, judge. >> reporter: testimony ended at the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's personal physician, without dr. murray facing questions about what happened to the pop singer. jackson died from an overdose of propofol. >> please be seated. >> reporter: instead, over 22 days of testimony, the panel heard from 49 witnesses, include police officers, ex- girlfriends, and medical experts. >> the final two witnesses may just be the most critical. two leading propofol experts, one for each side, with completely different theories of how michael jackson died. >> these models all are subject. >> reporter: dr. paul white, the defense witness, said the pop singer likely injected himself, with a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic to help him get to sleep. lawyers say he likely suffered from insomnia. but the state's top expert blames dr. murray, saying he gave too much in an iv drip and left him unattended in his bedroom. closing arguments were set for thursday. then the jury begins

chernoff's invitation to read the whole book and i have. i've been impressed by the submissions from family and friends and associates of dr. murray. it is a book of dr. murray's life. but i've also read of book of michael jackson's life. not isolated chapters from either. regrettably, as far as dr. murray is concerned, the most significant chapter as it relates to this case is the chapter involving the treatment or lack of treatment of michael jackson. and michael jackson died not because of an isolated one off occurrence or incident. he died because of a totality of circumstances which are directly attributable to dr. murray, not some mistake or some accident in the early morning hours of june 25th, 2009, but because of a series of decisions that dr. murray made which jeopardized his patient, which violated his obligations to his patient and the essence of his hypocritie oath. those overcome the treatment of other patients and good deeds he may have done before that time. dr. murray created a set of circumstances and became involved in a

they'll go, ed chernoff will close, then they'll get back up and finish. what they're doing is sewing together all these pieces of evidence into a tapestry. when they're done they're going to say this picture we've woven for you is guilty. think about it. how long ago did we hear the testimony about the girlfriends, he's on the phone while michael is in the ambulance. and so we don't remember those things and so the prosecution is going to go back and pull all those little pieces out and say, remember when they testified that dr. murray was up there cleaning up the scene when michael's body was in the ambulance? he could have put that iv tubing in his coat. remember the girlfriends he? 's on the phone with one when michael allegedly dies. he's on the phone with another when he's in the ambulance with michael's body. >> they have to weave a story. >> they're going to pull it all together, remind of jury of what they heard and hammer it home. >> the defense then has the burden of trying to dispel all of that and then possibly go back to their claim that mich

defense attorney ed chernoff said prosecutors had not proven that dr. murray committed a crime. >> dr. murray had no control over the situation because what was happening in the background, he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: prosecutor david walgren painted murray as a selfish reckless physician and cited evidence stating murray did not call medics as finding jackson unresponsive and had statements from doctors saying they would never give propofol as a sleep aid. >> you heard from the experts. no one has ever seen propofol administered outside of a hospital setting let alone in a bedroom. >> reporter: throughout the presentation dr. murray stared at the projected images opposite the jury and rarely looked away. dr. murray maintains he was trying to wean jackson off propofol. after almost six weeks of testimony the final instructions were read by the judge. >> you must discuss the case only in the jury room and only when all 12 jurors are present. >> reporter: the judge released the jury until friday morning when they begin deli