Dr. Conrad Murray

What Did We Learn About Dr. Conrad Murray Today?

Today the prosecution was very successful in portraying many undesirable character traits about Dr. Conrad Murray. The prosecution's primary intention was to show that Dr. Conrad Murray made several phone calls while Michael Jackson allegedly passed away. It was demonstrated that Dr. Conrad Murray was busy multi -tasking when he should have been focusing his attention upon his patient. This demonstrated that Dr. Murray is a very busy man but is often unfocused. It appears that he has too much going on in his life at the same time. At this time this attention should have been completely focused upon his patient Michael Jackson. Instead, it was revealed that Dr. Murray's attention was split between both taking phone calls from his former patients at the clinic as well as calling up his girlfriends.

The secondary motivation of the prosecution was to portray Dr. Conrad Murray as somewhat of the sleazy character. Although the prosecution was limited by the judge in what they could repeal about Dr. Murray's personal life enough damage was done. It became clear to the jury that Conrad Murray enjoyed the company of younger women, likes to spend money, and have a good time. However, the prosecution was not allowed to inform the jury that Dr. Conrad Murray has fathered seven children by five different women. If this were known it would indicate that Dr. Murray is somewhat irresponsible. In fact, that is what he is accused of being in this trial. Dr. Murray is accused of being irresponsible in his medical duties towards Michael Jackson.