Michael Jackson's Doctor Convicted Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor before he died, is convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter. It's most likely he'll get 3-4 years of behind bars.

Here's the stupid thing though. Because of overcrowding in the state's jails, he might only have to serve a couple months.

Opinions?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest...or-How-much-jail-time-for-Conrad-Murray-video

 

Well.... MJ was a self-admitted (according to ex-wife) pill addict and would have probably OD'd anyway. Sadly, I think plenty of doctors, if given the money, would have given MJ whatever the hell he wanted. It's like selling a gun to a man who you know is bound to commit suicide. It's shitty all the way around and it could have been possibly been prevented.

 

there was this random MJ fan and he said that MJ's doctor should get stoned, and i think people who were against the doctor liked MJ as an artist and they exaggerated the consequences of the doctor and no matter what doctor MJ had, he still could've got K.O, no matter the amount of experience as a doctor they had, the body guard apparently was going to get in trouble as well but that was his reaction towards the devastating situation, so 4 years is a legitimate punishment but i don't see a benefit in the long run for the punishment.

 

Nonviolent criminals do not belong in prison. They belong in community service or having all their stuff taken away, depending on which is more effective for their socioeconomic status. People need to quit thinking of prison as a "punishment" and more of like a place to keep dangerous people away from the rest of society.

Get all the drug dealers and marijuana users and white collar criminals out of there so we can put the killers in. Not only would we not have overcrowding, we'd not be wasting a bunch of money punishing people for the sake of feeling superior to them. Revenge is not a good enough reason to spend a gillion taxed dollars keeping them locked up and feeding them. I prefer those dollars go to education. People who use the law as a tool of revenge aren't much better than the people they're prosecuting anyway.

 

There a lot of hardcore MJ fans out there who thinks he should get a life sentence. I know what you mean.

But naah, not everyone against the doctors liked MJ as a person. I'm sure of that. Murray's actions were bizzare.

 

Putting doctors in prison is a new low.

 

I know nothing about this case, but that long of a sentence for man slaughter seems outrageous.

And Kathy is right about nonviolent criminals. Prison is not the place for them.

 

Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the singer's death. I guess most of us presumed that the doctor committed medical malpractice.

In medical malpractice actions, a claimant has the burden to prove a doctor deviated from accepted medical standards. A deviation that causes injury is the basis for malpractice damage awards, but the question posed in this case is whether it should also expose a doctor to criminal penalties.

Malpractice claims for wrongful death common. Manslaughter prosecutions for standard-of-care deviations are extremely unique — but not unheard of.

On the other hand, there is certainly a big misconception that medical negligence is simple to show whenever something goes completely wrong. The issue is that many complications such as bacterial infections along with other recognized threats aren't deemed malpractice as a general rule. To learn more about medical malpractice you need to take a look at this short article written by Mr. Haskell a well-known attorney in Spokane WA who's won quit a few million dollar law suits.http://haskellaw.com/article-medical-mistakes-a-primer-on-the-basics-of-medical-malpractice-4