Michael Jackson's Doctor Must Stand Trial

Judge also suspends Conrad Murray's license
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 11, 2011 8:23 PM CST
Michael Jackson's Doctor Must Stand Trial
Michael Jackson's sister LaToya, center, is escorted from court after a hearing for Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

A California judge came down hard on Michael Jackson's personal physician today, suspending his license and ordering him to stand trial on manslaughter charges in the singer's death. That Conrad Murray must stand trial isn't a big surprise—even his attorneys had expected as much, notes the Los Angeles Times—but the license suspension doesn't bode well for him. The judge ruled that he'd heard enough in the six-day hearing to conclude that allowing Murray to keep the license "would constitute an imminent danger to society."
(More Michael Jackson stories.)

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