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Murray's efforts to get jackson to sleep began with a ten-milligram tablet of valium at 1:30 a.m. it didn't work. according to the affidavit, dr. murray injected him with another drug. at 3:00 a.m. that didn't work. he tried another drug, a sedative. that didn't work either. murray told investigators at 10:40 a.m. he gave the pop legend 25 milligrams of propofol, a powerful surgical anesthetic, finally putting jackson to sleep. but soon after all hell broke loose. to describe the scene firsthand -- >> alberto alvarez -- >> -- district attorney walgren turned one to of the first men to rush int...

For weeks, every night for 60 days, so conrad murray's statement was critical because he gave -- it gave the police and the prosecutor everything they needed to charge him with a crime. >> to finish his case prosecutor david walgren turned to conrad murray's colleagues. >> shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> i do. >> three doctors, three specialties, one conclusion. >> an extreme deviation. >> a far deviation. >> egregious violations in the standard of care. >> dr. stephen schafer, who literally wrote the book on propofol, counted 17 egregious viol...

>> outside the los angeles criminal courthouse jackson's international stardom took center stage. inside courtroom 107 a jury of seven men and five women took their seats. hln's ryan smith was watching. >> this is the death of michael jackson. and it's not just that he's a famous star. it's that someone lost their son. you know, their brother, their father. >> district attorney david walgren laid out the prosecution's case. >> michael jackson trusted his life to the medical skills of conrad murray. that misplaced trust in the hands of conrad murray cost michael jackson his life. >> to help pro...

He did not act as a medical professional using sound -- >> -- in mr. jackson's body -- >> for over a week dr. conrad murray listened as district attorney david walgren portrayed him as reckless. >> conrad murray abandoned michael when he needed help. >> then, on day 9, for the first time, jurors heard murray's own voice and his version of events in a police interview recorded just days after jackson's death. >> your name. >> it was jackson, murray said, who told him all about propofol and insisted he use it to ease jackson's crippling insomnia. >> cautioned him and claims murray tried to wean ...