コンラッド・マレーの運命は今日決まる

わずか数時間以内に、マイケル・ジャクソンの殺人事件の裁判官が、過失致死の殺人犯であるコンラッド・マレーに対する判決を発表するだろう。

同氏の刑罰は、1年から4年の懲役、仮釈放、自宅軟禁、社会奉仕、または罰金となる可能性がある。メディアは常に、カリフォルニアの刑務所が過密状態であるため、マレー氏は自宅軟禁される見通しだと報じてきた。

以前、検察は判事に対し、マレーに対し懲役4年の最高刑とマイケル・ジャクソンの子供たちへの1億ドル以上の支払いを求めていた。マイケルさんの母親、キャサリン・ジャクソンさんは最近、息子を殺した犯人には最高刑を望んでいると述べた。もちろん、彼女はこう言いました。

「彼はマイケルに死んでほしくなかったと思います。彼はただその機会を自分の利益のために利用したかっただけです。」

マレーはマイケルが眠れるよう月給15万ドルと引き換えにプロポフォールを注射した。

今日、学校に通うマイケルの子供たちを除くジャクソン家の人々が出廷する。ジャクソン家のメンバーが法廷で話すかどうかは不明だ。しかし、裁判所職員は、この事件に関するキャサリンの見解とマレーに対する最高刑の要求を裁判官に伝える予定だ。

マレーさんの母親ミルタ・ラッシュさんは裁判官に宛てた手紙の中で息子への慈悲を求め、次のように述べた。

「彼の優しい心が、結局はトラブルを引き起こしたのです！」

She wrote, sitting near the Jackson family’s position in court:

“I sympathize with Mrs. Jackson. I feel like he was very close to her son. I personally wanted to face him and tell him how sorry I am for the loss of her son, but I doubted she would accept me, and I didn’t want to disrupt the order of the court.”

Miltа Rush says her son is deeply affected by Michael’s death, but his intention was only to help.

For two months, every night, Murray injected Michael with propofol. This drug should be used by a specialized team in a hospital for surgeries—not as a treatment for insomnia. The jury, which found Murray guilty 22 days ago, cited as the main reason for Murray’s guilt his failure to save マイケル・ジャクソン’s life.

Since that day, Conrad Murray has been held in state custody.

He left Michael alone while he was unconscious for more than 45 minutes. During that time, Michael suffered cardiac arrest due to propofol. When Murray returned to the room, he couldn’t do anything. The first reason for his guilt, according to the jury, was that Murray did not do anything to save his patient’s life. He did not provide proper artificial respiration to Michael, did not call for an ambulance, did not request help, and instead collected the drug bottles to eliminate evidence of the crime. All of this happened while he personally had responsibility for マイケル・ジャクソン’s life and was being paid for his service. Conrad Murray became the sole cause of his patient’s death.

The two prosecutors in the case, Deborah Brazil and David Walgren, have filed a petition stating that Murray still does not accept his guilt and responsibility for his actions and blames マイケル・ジャクソン for his own death. They say Murray does not deserve mercy. David Walgren and Deborah Brazil refer to a documentary that was aired on U.S. television not long ago. In that documentary, recorded before Murray’s guilty verdict was announced, he absolves himself of all wrongdoing. The two prosecutors say that while Conrad Murray had the opportunity to say his side of the story from the witness stand in court, he preferred to talk to the media instead.

“In this film, he clearly states that he does not accept any responsibility for マイケル・ジャクソン’s death. In addition, he considers himself the victim. He says the deceased is responsible for his death. He even goes so far as to claim that he was set up by the victim and that the victim betrayed him.”

According to estimates by the マイケル・ジャクソン Foundation, he could have earned more than $100 million from the This Is It tour in London. By calculating a 10% interest rate for each year and the $2 million spent on the funeral ceremony, the two prosecutors want Murray to pay more than $120 million in fines to Michael’s three children.

Although it is highly unlikely that Murray will ever be able to come up with such money, it is expected that the heavy cash fine will prevent him from making money by publishing a book about Michael, giving interviews to the media, or making a paid film. And that would mean protecting Michael’s privacy, his children, and the Jackson family.

Murray’s lawyers have asked the judge for parole. In the heartbreaking personal statement they wrote for Murray, they say:

“His house had no electricity when he was a child. He walked to school barefoot and personally paid for his education in full. He is a self-made man. He practiced medicine for 20 years without committing any violation. Most of his patients were from vulnerable and low-income groups.”

The lawyers say Murray is remorseful and regretful and feels sorry for every mistake that led to マイケル・ジャクソン’s death.

In just a few hours, the courtroom scene will once again be filled with reporters and photographers, and Michael’s murder case will be placed on the table for the final outcome of two and a half years of investigation, effort, and turmoil to be determined.

Source: eMJey.com / CNN