A jury found Michael Jackson's personal physicianguilty of involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's 2009 death from an overdose of a powerful surgical anesthetic.
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Following a trial of nearly six weeks, it took barely more than a full day of deliberation for the seven-man, five-woman jury to return its verdict convicting the doctor, Conrad Murray.
审团认为迈克尔•杰克逊(Michael Jackson)的私人医生过失杀人罪名成立。2009年，这位流行天王因注射过量强效麻醉剂去世。
Murray appeared impassive as a court officer read the verdict. Fans outside the courthouse cheered and waved signs as word reached them.
整个审判历时近六周。由七男五女组成的陪审团经过一整天多时间的考虑后就判决达成一致，认定私人医生康拉德•默里(Conrad Murray)有罪。
The trial, whose closing arguments took place last Thursday, included evidence Murray treated the pop singer's insomnia using propofol, a drug that is normally used to induce sedation or unconsciousness for surgery or other serious medical procedures.
审判员当庭宣读了判决书，默里表情漠然。消息传出之后，法庭外的杰克逊的粉丝们发出欢呼，晃动手里的标语牌。
Jackson died on June 25, 2009, of what a coroner's report called 'acute propofol intoxication.' Murray was accused of criminal negligence both for the way he used the drug and for leaving the pop singer unattended while his breathing and heart stopped.
本次审判的结案陈词于上周四做出。审判过程中有证据表明默里使用了异丙酚(propofol)来治疗杰克逊的失眠症状。异丙酚通常是在手术或是其他重大医疗过程中用于镇静或使人丧失知觉。
Though Murray faced up to four years in state prison, it isn't clear how much time he will actually serve. Under current California guidelines, nonviolent felons are held in county jails instead of state prisons. Los Angeles County, under its own crowding and budget pressures, routinely curtails sentences and allows certain convicts to serve at least part of their sentences on home detention.
2009年6月25日，杰克逊去世。法医报告称，杰克逊死于急性异丙酚中毒。默里因为使用药剂的方式以及在杰克逊呼吸及心跳停止后置之不顾等行为被控犯有刑事疏忽罪。
Judge Michael Pastor of Los Angeles Superior Court ordered Dr. Murray held without bail until a sentencing hearing for Nov. 29.
尽管默里面临着州立监狱最高四年的有期徒刑，但他实际上会服刑多长时间目前尚不清楚。按照当前加利福尼亚洲的法律，非暴力重刑犯要在县立监狱服刑，而不是在州立监狱服刑。一方面由于监狱人满为患，另一方面由于预算紧张，洛杉矶县(Los Angeles County)通常都会减免刑期，并允许某些罪犯以居家监禁的方式执行至少一部分的刑期。
Ethan Smith
- physician [fi´ziʃən]
n.(内科)医生 (初中英语单词) - guilty [´gilti] a.有罪的；心虚的 (初中英语单词)
- barely [´beəli] ad.公开地；仅仅 (初中英语单词)
- medical [´medikəl] a.医学的；医疗的 (初中英语单词)
- criminal [´kriminəl] a.犯罪的 n.罪犯 (初中英语单词)
- singer [´siŋə] n.歌手，演唱者 (初中英语单词)
- actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)
- california [,kæli´fɔ:njə] n.加利福尼亚 (初中英语单词)
- budget [´bʌdʒit] n.&vi.(做)预算；安排 (高中英语单词)
- pastor [´pɑ:stə] n.牧师 (高中英语单词)
- hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)
- deliberation [dilibə´reiʃ(ə)n] n.仔细考虑；商量 (英语四级单词)
- verdict [´və:dikt] n.裁决，判决；判定 (英语四级单词)
- surgery [´sə:dʒəri] n.外科；外科手术 (英语四级单词)
- involuntary [in´vɔləntəri] a.无意识的；非自愿的 (英语六级单词)
- courthouse [´kɔ:thaus] n.法院大楼 (英语六级单词)
- normally [´nɔ:məli] ad.正常情况下；通常 (英语六级单词)
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