A photo of a dead Michael Jackson was shown in court today while the doctor who performed an autopsy on the singer told jurors that it would have been nearly impossible for Jackson to have given himself a lethal dose of drugs. "The circumstances from my point of view do not support self administration of propfol," said Los Angeles Deputy Medical Examiner Christopher Rogers. Jackson died of a drug overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009 after rehearsing for his comeback tour. Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, could face four years of prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death.
Rogers appeared to challenge the defense's theory that Jackson gave himself a lethal dose of drugs in the...
two minute time period that Murray claims he was away from Jackson in a nearby bathroom.
"In order for Mr. Jackson to administer the propofol to himself, you have to believe that he... woke up, although he was at least to some extent under the influence of other sedatives, he was able to administer propofol to himself," Rogers said. Even if a drowsy, drugged Jackson was able to self-administer the propofol, Rogers said it still takes time for the drug to circulate throughout the body and for that all to happen in a two minute period would be difficult. Murray told police in a taped interview that he had given Jackson sedatives and propofol to help him sleep, something that the medical examiner criticized on the witness stand.
"The problem Michael Jackson was having was that he couldn't sleep and it's not appropriate to give propofol in that situation," he said.
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