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11. Read the article for obtaining the information and further reference. Pay 
attention to the American variant of spelling used in the article
a) Choose the main arguments of the prosecution and the defense. Present 
them in a chart. Discuss the arguments in small groups
Conrad Murray Jury to Return after Weekend
4 November 2011, BBC News
The jury has ended its first day of deliberation in the trial of the 
man accused over Michal Jackson’s death.
The panel will resume considering the involuntary manslaughter 
charge against Dr. Conrad Murray on Monday.
If convicted, Dr Murray, 58, could face four years in prison and 
lose his license to practice medicine.
The jury of seven men and five women heard from 49 witnesses 
and saw more than 300 pieces of evidence over the six weeks of the 
trial.
During closing statements on Thursday the prosecution said the 
world had lost a ‘genius’, while the defense characterized Murray as 
“a little fish in a big dirty pond”.
Prosecutors said Dr Murray’s care of the pop star had been “bi-
zarre” and left the pop star’s children fatherless. They projected im-
ages of Jackson’s grief-stricken children on a giant screen.
The children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, who range in ages from 9 
to 14, were not in court on Thursday.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said the accused had 
caused the star’s death through negligence and greed, and had been 
essentially experimenting on Jackson.
The defense countered that the singer had caused his own death 
by injecting a dose of propofol while his doctor was out of the room. 
“They want to convict Dr Murray for the actions of Michael Jackson”, 
defense lawyer Ed Chernoff said.
Dr Murray chose not to testify in his own defense.

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