Justice Will Never Be Served

The judge in Michael Jackson’s murder case will issue the opening statement for Conrad Murray’s trial, the heart specialist, in just a few hours in Los Angeles. Who is Conrad Murray, and what truth is the court trying to uncover? * Conrad Murray is the same person who, using his medical license, bought several liters of Propofol to treat Michael Jackson’s insomnia. After injecting various sleeping drugs for a few hours, he finally injected the powerful anesthetic Propofol into Michael, then left him alone so he could go to the bathroom and use his phone. Didn’t he know that Propofol can only be administered by an anesthesiology specialist and in a hospital, and that the vital signs of the unconscious person must be continuously monitored by a doctor? * Conrad Murray is the same person who, when Michael suffered a cardiac arrest and needed help, asked the guards whether they could perform CPR on the victim! Can a heart specialist claim that he doesn’t know CPR and artificial respiration? Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson, compared his words to a joke. * Conrad Murray is the same person who, when Michael was dying, spent his time collecting medicine bottles and cleaning the crime scene, and didn’t have time to perform CPR on his patient. Was the patient’s life really that worthless to him? * Conrad Murray is the same person who asked Michael’s guards to help him collect medicine bottles instead of calling an ambulance. Doesn’t a doctor know that speed in a crisis situation plays a vital role, and that seconds determine whether a person who has suffered cardiac arrest lives or dies? Did the guard who helped him in this task ever think for a moment about Michael’s children, or was he only a servant of orders? Doesn’t that make him an accomplice! Imagine how the Jackson family must have felt—frustrated, wounded, and shocked—after discovering this truth, and how they removed that guard from his job without hesitation or delay. * Conrad Murray is the same person who, when he finally remembered his patient and saw that he was dying, began giving artificial respiration and performing cardiac massage on the bed where the man was lying. The correct way to perform artificial respiration and cardiac massage is among the most basic and first lessons given to medical students. How can we believe that a doctor who was present in a hospital operating room, who holds medical licenses in three states, and who has spent years treating people, didn’t know the correct way to give artificial respiration and perform cardiac massage? Do you believe that? Or is it that he never even thought about saving his patient’s life? * Conrad Murray is the same person who, in response to the emergency doctors who asked him about the cause of Michael’s cardiac arrest and the drugs he had given him, remained silent—when perhaps this information could have been useful to them. Did he know he had made a mistake and, by staying silent, try to hide it? Did he know that saying he had injected Propofol inside the house would make the emergency personnel doubt his medical qualifications? And again, was he thinking only of his own benefit, not saving his patient’s life? To reach these answers, we must wait and finally accept whatever the court’s verdict is. But regardless of whether Michael was physically weak or completely healthy, whether he was or wasn’t addicted to sleeping pills, whether he had asked for the Propofol injection or not—here, the man whose forensic assessment had determined that at the moment of death Michael was healthy and strong, a father of three children and an unforgettable icon—lost his life due to the repeated medical negligence of the person responsible for his life, whom Michael trusted. Even those who turned their backs on him while Michael was alive, left him alone, and tore him apart with their cruel remarks, and even doctors who were only thinking about their financial gain and not his health—and whose names are not even mentioned in this murder case—are also responsible for his death. Why did Michael have to suffer from insomnia? Why should the most ordinary matters of life become so difficult—because of excessive pressure— for this exceptional man, the most beloved and famous star in the world? He only wanted to read a little and rest so he would have the energy to attend the next day’s dance rehearsal session. He didn’t want to die. Michael Jackson knew the world was waiting to see how he would conquer the stage again and shine on it... Whether Conrad Murray is found guilty or not, whether at the end of this trial he is convicted to the maximum of the four years he faces—Michael Jackson will not come back to us, and justice will never be served for him. eMJey.com