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Tue 25 Aug, 2009 06:04 am
WOUD MJ WANT DR. MURRAY CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED ?
I never met Michael Jackson. I never purchased his music.
I don't know his philosophy, nor his psychology,
but my best hunch is that he was desperate enuf with insomnia
as to throw the dice and that he was glad to have
an M.D. who 'd work with him.
That is not to say that he 'd have accepted the injection
if he knew that it 'd kill him within a few minutes, but still.
I don' t know, but my best guess is that he 'd be glad
to have a co-operative physician.
In my opinion, Dr. Murray shoud not be prosecuted.
I suspect that, in these circumstances, MJ woud not desire to be avenged.
(We had an earlier thread concerning this before
the toxicology report was issued by the Coroner, ruling it a homicide.)
Everything considered, I think that MJ led a sad life,
for all of the things that happened to him since and including his early childhood.
WHATAYATHINK ?
I think MJ just wanted to SLEEP - not be put to sleep forever.
He had 3 kids, for heaven sakes!
No - that Dr. should fry.
From the outside looking in, it appears as if Dr. Murray went to the same medical school Dr. Nick Rivera (The Simpson) went to.
I believe it was Charlatan University.
Yeah,
maybe a more proficient physician coud have kept him alive.
Other than the results of this particular case,
I can 't judge his general competence.
It seems to be a lack of good common sense. I suspect the doctor did it because he had access to the drugs and got carried away. A touch of arrogance thrown in there, as well. Definitely, negligence, but nothing along the lines of pre-meditated murder.
I'm not sure MJ didn't self administer an overdose by accident, but the drugs he was using are not approved for the given application. Doctors are allowed to use drugs for other than their approved uses and pharm. companies sometimes push these extra uses. (Vioxx is an example. Vioxx was approved by the FDA for arthritis pain, but doctors were routinely perscribing it for every ache with Merck's encouragement.) But in this case, the drug was clearly not appropriate and the doctor should have known that. I think there is a case for negligent homicide, but I also think there is a defense that says MJ knew the risks and chose to proceed.
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but I also think there is a defense that says MJ knew the risks and chose to proceed.
I think that MJ assumed the risk.
But it would have to be an informed risk. I think the prosecution could make an argument that MJ was not given appropriate information or that without medical training, MJ could not make an informed decision because he could not understand the risk. Not that I agree, but I can see some validity in the argument.
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