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| Dr. Conrad Murray |
Credit: Associated Press
The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has been sentenced to the maximum term of four
years behind bars.
Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced Tuesday, three weeks
after a jury convicted the cardiologist of involuntary manslaughter. The judge chastised
him for a "horrific violation of trust" in caring for Jackson.
Prosecutors had urged the judge to
sentence the doctor to the maximum, arguing his treatment of Jackson with a
powerful anesthetic ended the life of the King of Pop and left his three
children without a father.
Attorneys for the 58-year-old Murray
argued that probation was a more appropriate sentence, given his lack of a
criminal history and the fact he will lose his medical license.
Murray could serve half of the four years
because of overcrowding in California jails.
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