Does This Photo Prove Michael Jackson Could Not Have Injected Himself?
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A photo of Michael Jackson and obtained exclusively by ABC News may help illusrate that the late pop singer could not have injected himself with that fatal dose of propofol.
Taken by Jackson’s business associates in 2003, the photo vividly demonstrates the reaction Jackson had to multiple needle punctures, making it difficult for doctors to find a suitable vein for medical injections.
“Michael Jackson did not have good veins, in fact they were so poor he had to start this IV in a vein below the left knee,” Dr. Steven Shafer, the prosecution’s star witness, testified Thursday. “So the possibility of direct self injection seems extremely unlikely…You would not want to inject into a vein and miss because that would be extremely painful.”
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In court Thursday, the prosecution hammered away at the defense’s contention that Jackson killed himself by self-injecting propofol, pointing to a medical condition they said made self-injection nearly impossible. The relentless attack was apparently designed to prove that Dr. Conrad Murray lied to police about how much propofol he gave the sleep-deprived singer.
Read more about Shafer’s testimony here.
A visibly-angry Murray sat and listened to the prosecution’s expert witness for the third straight court day.
Shafer also emphasized one of the prosecution themes: even if the jury believes the defense’s claim that it was Jackson who desperately grabbed and injected propofol into his own body, Murray is still at fault.
“He is a physician who has brought propofol into the room, started an intravenous, and provided access to propofol to a patient who may, in fact, be developing a dependency on sedatives,” Shafer said. “And, he has been entrusted by Michael Jackson to look after his safety every night. He is responsible for every drop of propofol in that room.”
The defense will cross examine Shafer today and is expected to begin its case Monday.
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That is the spider bite picture you idiots. LOL
Posted by: dgh629 | October 21, 2011, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm
Dr. Murray said he went to the restroom to “relieve himself”, when his phone records show he was on the phone with a “girlfriend”. Doesn’t he have 7 kids by 6 different women? What is this man, a sex addict? Did he need the money MJ was paying him to pay all the child support? Also, I was amused when that Dr. yesterday said that people are taught the first day of any kind of medical training the first thing you do when someone codes is to call for help. It was like he was saying this guy didn’t even know to do what they teach beginning students in even first aid training to do. He was too busy hiding all the damning evidence. He didn’t even know to get MJ off the soft mattress to do chest compressions. And clumsily tried to do mouth to mouth resuscitation on him. There was no ambu bag, defibrillator, EKG machine, suction machine and has anyone heard of Narcan- a drug that reverses the effects of narcotics? This man deserves to have his license taken away, put in jail, not allowed to ever profit from interviews of the sale of a book or anything!!!! As a nurse, I’m sickened by the blatant malpractice.
Posted by: Dee Davis | October 22, 2011, 11:36 pm 11:36 pm
Could the picture also prove that he coud have injected himself? I say that because the wound looks to be something that would happen i the person was inexperienced with needles.
Posted by: Shawn | November 3, 2011, 7:59 am 7:59 am
You only know what you are told by the press, so what you are saying you beleive evrything on the news, how sad for you.
Posted by: Lonny Guerrazzi | November 7, 2011, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm