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The prosecution came out swinging on day one of Dr. Conrad Murray’s manslaughter trial, claiming that Michael Jackson’s “misplaced trust” in Dr. Murray “cost him his life.” To convey that that argument, Deputy District Attorney David Walgren showed the court a picture of Michael Jackson on June 24, 2009 dancing on a rehearsal stage and looking healthy. He then showed a graphic image of the singer on June 25, 2009, dead on a hospital gurney. In the image Jackson’s mouth is open, his eyes are closed and there is tape over the space between his lips and nose. Walgren told the jury that Jackson’s death was a homicide, and while the cause of death was acute propofol intoxication, the reason for the death was that Conrad Murray “repeatedly acted with gross negligence… his unskilled acts led to Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009.” As the images flashed Latoya Jackson passed tissues to her sister, Janet as they sat in the gallery with Michael Jackson’s parents and other siblings.
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