Conrad Murray’s Request Denied

Last month you read that Conrad Murray, the involuntary killer of Michael Jackson, had asked the judge to release him from prison until the outcome of the appeal court was determined.

Yesterday, the judge in the case, Michael Pastor, rejected his request and said that Murray’s release would involve the risk of him fleeing by air and causing panic in the community. In November, after 12 members of the jury found Conrad Murray guilty 12 times, Judge Pastor immediately transferred him to the Los Angeles jail in handcuffs and said that his presence in public would be dangerous for people.

At the time, it was said that under the new laws of the state of California—and to address the problem of overcrowded prisons—people who commit crimes without violence would serve only half of their sentence in prison and would then receive parole. In this way, Murray’s harshest punishment, a four-year prison term, could be reduced to two years.

However, not long ago, the district attorney, Steve Cooley, announced that he intends to ask the judge to classify Murray’s crime under serious offenses and transfer him from the Los Angeles County jail to a state prison so that he can serve his full four-year sentence.

Cooley called the decision on this matter a test to assess the qualifications of California’s judicial system.

Conrad Murray is currently under 24-hour surveillance in prison. He spends 23 hours a day in his solitary cell, and on Monday evenings he is taken to the prison roof for one hour of fresh air. His lawyer said that Murray has lost between 13 and 18 kilograms.

Source: eMJey.com / AP