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Can Michael Jackson's legacy survive his doctor's trial?
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Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, left, looks on as his attorney Ed Chernoff speaks during his arraignment. (AP Photo/Mark Boster, Pool)
From Charles Feldman, The Huffington Post:
I am a veteran.
Not of any wars. But I am a veteran of having covered not one but two O.J. Simpson trials (criminal and civil); one Robert Blake trial; and, one Michael Jackson trial. I think I know how defense lawyers think and have dealt with the best and worst of them. I also have a pretty good take on how prosecutors operate.
So, I will tell you right now and with no fear of contradiction: Should Dr. Conrad Murray's case on involuntary manslaughter charges ever go before a Los Angeles jury (and more about that a bit later), the doctor's defense lawyers, if they are any good (and I think his current one is!) will no doubt try and turn the trial into a prosecution of Michael Jackson.
Lawyers for O.J., in his criminal trial, zeroed in on the LAPD; while lawyers for Robert Blake took aim at his dead wife's, shall we say, "background."
I'm afraid that Michael Jackson's life is ripe for the defense picking.
Continue to the full article at The Huffington Post website.
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