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Since age 5 he had electrified audiences around the world with hit songs like "i want you back". and the world appeared ready to welcome him back. it had been 12 years since jackson's last major performance. the king of pop was poised to regain his throne. >> this is it. this is the final -- this is the final curtain call. >> according to the contract with concert promoters aeg, michael was to perform 50 concerts at the o2 center in london over a nine-month period. >> i'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had ...

Finally, after 16 days and 33 witness -- >> the people are prepared and would ask to rest at this time. >> thank you. >> it was conrad murray's turn to convince a jury. >> all the defense has to do is show reasonable doubt, so if they show you one alternative that's plausible to you, then essentially dr. murray could be acquitted. >> lead defense attorney ed chernoff had laid out that alternative days before in his opening statement. >> 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...

Making given conrad murray's own statement two days after michael's passing. he said, "i was hired by michael jackson. i had worked for michael jackson for years." >> the jackson family claims aeg live instructed murray, quote, "not to look out for jackson's best interests but rather to do whatever medical procedures were calculated to get jackson to perform." their so-called smoking gun is an e-mail from aeg live co-ceo paul gongaware sent to the show director. the jacksons believe the e-mail proves aeg employed murray. >> it really is a smoking gun it's probably one of the most important pie...

Described the sadness and the jury listened very closely. >> the kids saw their father as he lay lifeless in his bedroom. since their father's death, prince, paris and blanket's lives have gradually become more open to the public. after years of hiding behind masks and being guarded from the media by their father. >> there's no question from all of the witnesses who saw michael with his three children during the years that he had them that he was a loving, caring, attentive father, carrying his children with him to meetings, traveling the world with them. it was pretty clear in the testimony t...

>> the defense used the deposition of randy jackson, michael's brother, to argue that not only was michael addicted to drugs but he would have resisted any efforts at an intervention. >> aeg live said if the family can't help him, if the family can't stop him, how could we as concert promoters ever be expected to have done that? i think that was one of their strongest witnesses. >> michael jackson's two oldest children, prince and paris, were on the witness list to testify until -- >> paris jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of pop icon michael jackson, was rushed to a hospital in los angeles. ...