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>> michael jackson likely went 60 nights, 60 days, two months without getting any real sleep. >> aeg attorneys argued michael jackson was a drug addict who sought out doctors who would feed his addiction like conrad murray. >> they brought out a long parade of doctors who had given michael painkillers or had used propofol on michael jackson. >> 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 ...

>> 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. >> conrad robert murray. >> it was jackson, murray said, who told him all about propofol and insisted he use it to ease jackson's crippling insomnia. >> he knew that that was the only thing that worked for him. i constantly cautioned him. >> cautioned him and claims murray tried to wean him from the drug. still, jackson pressed for propofol on the day he died. >> he ...

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 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 cour...

>> 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. when we come back, conrad murray speaks for himself.

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 ...