Michael Jackson's Killer -

[Woody]

Will have to serve 2 years in Jail.

Does this seem fair?

The Judge wanted to impose more because he said - Not only did he kill Michael Jackson - but he was not remorseful.

[Igakusei]

Considering the circumstances of the death and the observation that he also loses his career over it, I think it's fair.

Do you think it's not? How much longer would you suggest he serve if so, and what would the purpose of the extra time be?

[Woody]

As the judge said - He (the judge) has no control over whether the doctor practices or loses his license. And the judge stated the doctor was a threat to society. This doctor could go to any country and practice even if he lost his license to practice in the US.

If he is a danger to society as the judge indicated - I would not want him roaming the country in two years. I would prefer seeing him serving the four years the judge wanted. But California law lets him free in two years.

[Igakusei]

What difference will two years make?

Edit: I'm not disagreeing with you or trying to pick a fight, I just want to understand your reasoning.

[Woody]

I have to believe that a human being can change. But for this case - I believe it will take more than two years. If the judge says he is a threat - I would not want him out till he is rehabilitated and has had time to reflect.

[M. T. Cross]

Well since he is likely to be in protective custody, those 2 years probably don't mean much.

If he was put in General Population - those 2 years would make a world of difference.

[ClubV12]

PC is one step above solitary confinement, it's hard time. Often you get out of your cell once a day to the exercise yard for an hour and then a shower. Thats it. In comparison, the general population is like party time, but he wouldn't last long. He'll be hated by all races of the inmates.

[Amelia]

I thought it was great that the judge gave him a 30min tongue lashing. Throughout which he remaind as stoic and unfased as during the trial.

I also heard that due to prision overcrowding he probably wont serve the entire sentence.

[Woody]

I thought it was great that the judge gave him a 30min tongue lashing. Throughout which he remaind as stoic and unfased as during the trial.

I also heard that due to prision overcrowding he probably wont serve the entire sentence.

Yes. They said he will do less than half of the four year sentence. I enjoyed the tongue lashing. But from what I've seen in the past - when a judge hands out a tough sentence and lectures the defendant - the sentence gets overturned upon appeal.

[Gerr]

Would Dr. Murray mug you or rob you if you met him in some dark alley? The "threat to society" has to be taken in the context of his profession.

[John317]

It's likely he won't be in longer than 4-6 months, and that's in jail, not a prison.

Does anyone know if he lost is license to practice medicine? He certaily should.

Also, he seems to have an accent and not an American one. Where is he from?

I've heard he has had some SDA connections, at least that he studied at Loma Linda U.

Got some answers:

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Dr. Conrad Murray was born February 19, 1953, in St. Andrews, Grenada.

....The man who would become embroiled in the controversy surrounding the King of Pop's death in June 2009 did not come from money. With his mother Milta spending most of her time in Trinidad and Tobago in search of better paying work, Murray lived with his maternal grandparents, two Grenadian farmers. His fractured family life was compounded by the total absence of his father, Rawle Andrews, a Houston area physician who, up until his death in 2001, focused his career on offering medical services to the poor. Conrad didn't meet his dad until he was 25.

At the age of seven, Murray relocated to Trinidad and Tobago to live with his mother, where he became a citizen and finished high school. Like Milta, Murray was determined to make a better life for himself, demonstrating at an early age a propensity to work hard. After high school he volunteered as an elementary school teacher in Trinidad, an experience he followed with work as a customs clerk and an insurance underwriter in order to pay for his college education. Murray also wasn't afraid to take advantage of an opportunity. At the age of 19 he bought his first house, then later sold it for a decent profit to support his university tuition in the United States.

In 1980, two years after first visiting Houston and getting a chance to introduce himself to his father, Conrad Murray returned to Texas to enroll at Texas Southern University, where in just three years he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in pre-medicine and biological sciences. From there, Murray followed in his father's footsteps and attended the primarily African-American Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

Upon graduating Maharre, Murray enrolled for additional training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and then completed his residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. Other training stints followed; he studied at the University of Arizona on a Cardiology Fellowship, and landed back in California, where he eventually worked as the associate director for the interventional cardiology fellowship-training program at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.