Conrad Murray Sentenced

The Associated Press reports that the doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has been sentenced to the maximum term of four years behind bars. Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced today, three weeks after a jury convicted the cardiologist of involuntary manslaughter. The judge chastised him for a "horrific violation of trust'' in caring for Jackson. Prosecutors had urged the judge to sentence the doctor to the maximum, arguing his treatment of Jackson with a powerful anesthetic ended the life of the King of Pop and left his three children without a father. Attorneys for the 58-year-old doctor argued that probation was a more appropriate sentence, given his lack of a criminal history and the fact that he will lose his medical license. Murray could end up serving only half of the four years because of overcrowding in California jails.