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MURRAY SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT DR. CONRAD MURRAY has been sentenced to serve four years in prison following his conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the death of MICHAEL JACKSON. Earlier this month (Nov11), the medic was found guilty of administering the dose of anaesthetic propofol which cost the King of Pop his life in 2009 and he was placed in custody immediately after the completion of the six-week trial. The case returned to the spotlight for sentencing on Tuesday (29Nov11), when prosecutors asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor to punish Murray by handing him the maximum sentence of four years behind bars; they also requested the doctor pay the late singer's three children $100 million (£62.5 million) in restitution for the loss of their dad. The Jackson family also issued statement to the judge, which was read out in court by their attorney Brian Panish. The statement read in part: "There is no way to adequately describe the loss of beloved father, son, brother, and friend... "We are not here to seek revenge... We respectfully request that you impose sentence to remind physicians that they cannot sell their services to the highest bidder." Meanwhile, defence attorney Ed Chernoff urged Judge Pastor for leniency and asked him to give the disgraced medic probation instead of prison time. In his plea to the court official, Chernoff acknowledged that Murray had been wrong to provide Jackson the powerful drug to treat his insomnia problems, but asked Judge Pastor to consider his entire, previously untarnished, medical history in his sentencing. Chernoff also admitted his client would never be able to realistically pay the $100 million demanded by the prosecutors. After hearing both arguments, Judge Pastor ruled that Murray had engaged in "a pattern of deceit and lies" as he tried to keep his propofol prescriptions to Jackson under wraps, even refusing to offer key medical details to the emergency workers who
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