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Of being michael jackson or in his family. >> the best defense, sometimes lawyers think, is blame the victim. but it has to be part of the defense here. and it has to be michael jackson was addicted to drugs way before we got involved with him. >> the defense tried to paint michael jackson as a drug addict. >> they brought out a long parade of doctors who had given michael painkillers or had used propofol on michael jackson. >> mr. jackson was a grown man. and as a grown man he knew precisely what he was doing. there is a certain presumption of risk here. and related to that, many people in mr...

>> alvarez said murray was frantic and vague about jackson's condition. >> i asked dr. conrad murray what happened? and he said, "he had a reaction. he had a bad reaction." >> in the midst of the chaos, alvarez spotted jackson's children in the doorway. >> and they were right behind me and paris screamed out, "daddy." dr. conrad murray said, "don't let them see their dad like this." >> we heard about paris breaking down. very powerful visual. >> jim moret is chief correspondent for "inside edition." >> from the perspective of a juror and as a parent, can you imagine seeing your own father lyin...

>> when dr. murray left the room, michael jackson self-administered a dose of propofol that with the lorazepam created a perfect storm in his body that killed him instantly. >> now chernoff turned to his own experts. dr. robert waldman reviewed evidence from his journals. jackson got frequent painkillers. >> for the jackson family, they were hard words to hear. >> and they sat in that courtroom and listened to testimony that their son and brother was a drug addict. and often they had to leave. but they were always there the next day. >> the addiction, the insomnia, the desperation were so grea...

About whether jackson was ready. kenny ortega, the director for "this is it," called a private meeting at jackson's home. aeg's ceo randy phillips attended the meeting. >> kenny was concerned that he wasn't coming to enough rehearsals, that he was taking it a little too nonchalantly. and michael explained that he needed kenny to build the house and then he would come in and paint the front door. >> on the afternoon of june 24th jackson arrived at the staples center in downtown los angeles. rehearsals for "this is it" often ran late into the night. on the surface, the man many say was born to p...

Murray supplied a deadly stockpiled of drugs. >> two bottles of -- >> and on day seven, d.a. wallgren added into evidence all the vials of drugs found in michael jackson's home. >> to take a patient with all of these drugs and to leave them unattended in that state is medical abandonment. >> jackson was officially pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. june 25th, 2009. a direct result, said prosecutors of mistakes, delays and recklessness by dr. conrad murray.