Conrad Robert Murray is a former cardiologist from Grenada who was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson. He received the maximum penalty of four years in prison
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Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, just weeks after hiring Murray, as a result of a lethal dose of propofol administered by Murray.
According to court documents released in August 2009, the coroner’s preliminary conclusion indicated that Jackson overdosed on propofol.
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Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in February 2011. Murray went on trial in Los Angeles on September 27, 2011, and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on November 7, 2011.
His bail was revoked, and he was remanded in custody until his sentencing on November 29.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s death in November 2011 and sentenced to four years in prison. He was released in October 2013 after serving about two years in a Los Angeles County jail.


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