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Dr. Conrad Murray: Will Putting Jackson on Trial Get Him Off?

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, © www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Who would have dreamed Los Angeles prosecutors who once sent detectives all over the world to investigate charges Michael Jackson was a pedophile would now be fighting to defend the late pop star’s reputation, trying to keep damning evidence against him they once worked so hard to collect…OUT of court?

Yet, in the manslaughter trial of Jackson doctor Conrad Murray in Los Angeles, where a jury pool was selected this week, you won’t hear much about the pop star’s past drug abuse —- or past molestation trials and tribulations from 1993 to 2005, when Jackson was acquitted of sexually abusing a 13 year old former cancer patient.

What you will hear are charges his $150,000 a month doctor allegedly failed to monitor Jackson in his own bedroom, where he died of a drug overdose in 2009 from a powerful anesthetic called Propofol, aka Diprivan, a milky white fluid one anesthesiologist tells me is known to be quietly abused by some medical professionals for its fleeting sexual high. He called the short-acting hypnotic ideal for surgery if given in a hospital setting, but risky without vital sign monitors and a doctor watching them.

Murray Juror Questionnaire
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By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

As a cub reporter, I covered the King’s funeral after he died of a drug overdose on Aug. 16, 1977, and tromped through Memphis woods to dodge security and get a closer look, then returned for the first anniversary of Elvis Presley’s birthday, Jan. 8…

Both dates are sacred pop culture days to remember, to mourn and celebrate for millions of fans who consider Memphis Mecca and virtually deify Elvis, a lightning rod for that Nascar demo of voters no Presidential candidate can do without.

But Michele Bachmann (R-Mn.) may have to after blowing a shameless, no brainer attempt to align the heart of her candidacy with America’s bedrock voters, Elvis fans, calling for an all-out, Hound Dog, Blue Suede appreciation of the King on his Birthday… Read the rest of this entry »

Hustler Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt Wants Tot Mom to pose Nude

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

With Casey Anthony still flirting with a possible deal that could earn her millions of dollars posing for Hustler magazine, one lawyer says there’s one thing publisher Larry Flynt could do to seal the deal —and make it a win for Team Casey and its vilified vixen: give her a job.

“It wouldn’t cost him any more that he was willing to pay already,” says Ray Giudice an Atlanta defense lawyer who has structured many a probation deal for criminal clients, “and it would help satisfy one big part of her one year probation, which requires she get, and keep, a job.” Read the rest of this entry »

CNN’s Art Harris on TALK BACK Live in ’95, before O. J. acquital

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Imagine Caylee Anthony squeeling with delight, as she blows out six candles on a birthday cake—her own. That’s what might have been today, had she not been found dumped in a swamp near her home in Orlando, Florida.

With her mother acquitted on murder charges and now entertaining million dollar deals from the likes of Hustler magazine, her birthday is a reminder of raw wounds left by a shocking not guilty verdict and exposed a justice system that some critics say favors criminals — and killers.

I can only compare it to the gasps heard after O. J. Simpson was acquitted for a double murder linked by slam dunk DNA evidence in 1995, when I was investigating the case for CNN and breaking most of the network exclusives with a team of crack producers. Read the rest of this entry »