Goodness. A conviction in Los Angeles. The District Attorney must be stunned. Well, we all saw this one coming. I wonder if he’ll do as much time as Ms. Lohan has?

Not going to argue with the verdict or sentencing since i really didn’t pay that close attention, yet it still comes across as feeling like a publicity stunt

I am sure he’ll meet a lot of Jackson fans in prison.

If he doesn’t get home confinement and gets sent to prison for a year, he better hope he’s not put in with the general population.

How many citizens have been charged with a crime that TOOK someones life and only got 4 years, and then with the AUDACITY to make him do 2 years in the TANK, and 2 more years under HOME CONFINEMENT? Now that is typical of ANY judge in California.. their LAWS and ECONOMY really are a DISGRACE/SUCK to every citizen. Murray was RECKLESS, and caused a DEATH. Put that on an order that shows someone DRINKING DRUNK and taking a life. Even they get longer than what Murray got. I am SHOCKED that the people haven’t ERUPTED in DISGUST and demanded more time for MURRAY in PRISON atleast serving it ALL behind PRISON bars, and not having the luxury of getting HOME confinement.

DISGUST. Now, I would think that if the judges keep giving her a PASS, cuz they shouldn’t of ever in the first place, SHE should be DOING THE TIME, and NOT getting any grace from ANYTHING. She is just a human being that can’t handle herself, so what would happen if she got OFF THE WAGON, got behind the wheel and KILLED someone. Maybe the DITZY judges would say she has served her time here and there, and we have NO ROOM in our JAIL cells… So, far, it is a PROVEN fact that the PERFECT crime is and has been COMMITTED, and the OFFENDER gets AWAY with it. Come on PEOPLE , WAKE UP.

Lets ALL hope so. That fact that they had Murray on a SUICIDE watch.. WHAT FOR! He was responsibility for M.J. dying, so WHY bother. Remember, the cells are FULL, and someone wanting out, would make ROOM for someone else.

Being said that he is a doctor, ho hum, let him MIX with the prisoners, and DIAGNOSE their problems. Merry Christmas!! Jack.

Well, then the citizens should REMEMBER the judge, and the DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.. Don’t go to those defense attorneys anymore, cuz no CLIENTS means NO MONEY or POPULARITY from anything. It seems that MONEY can perscribe how ANYONE can get away with MURDER, O.J. did it, and now Murray. O.J.’s was a very VIOLENT/VICIOUS murder SPREE, and Murray was using a drug that was only supposed to be in HOSPITALS… so does that mean, some of the drugs are OKAY outside the hospital, and the POWER of the judge can make or BREAK the offenders. So, why bother trying to capture the DRUG CARTEL, their CLIENTS can say that it is for HEALTH REASONS, and get away with it from the right judge. You know, the deputies that have to deal with this stuff, they are the ones that are putting their lives on the line EVE RY DAY,,, and nothing really comes from ALL of their HARD WORK to try and END all the illegals and their drugs.

It’s because he’s a doctor or he would’ve got 30 years to life.

Whoever said MJ was the “world’s most beloved pop star”?  Personally, I had nothing but contempt for him.  Bleaching himself whiter than white couldn’t remove the stain of being a pederast.  He also can’t be wiped clean of all responsibility in his own death.  Who sought out the Propofol in the first place?  I’d love to know what his liver looked like.

Perhaps Mark David Chapman came closer to killing the “world’s most beloved pop star”.  I certainly have much warmer memories of John Lennon than I ever did for Michael Jackson.

“…the world’s most beloved….”  Ohh, puhleeze.  Put this guy to sleep.

Michael Jackson absolutely was “the world’s most beloved pop star.”  There isn’t anywhere in the world where Michael Jackson wasn’t known.  There were more tributes to him when he passed than any other famous person ever–deservedly so.

You have contempt for Michael Jackson, Jay Hanig, because the media made sure you did because it was profitable for them to caricaturize him.  Michael Jackson was the most abused public personality in modern history.

The Cultural Abuse of Michael Jackson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/michael-jackson-trial-_b_1068750.html

What an utterly stupid comment by irish189.  Haven’t you heard the adage, “Better to remain silent and allow others to think you’re stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”

Oh, I don’t know about that.  I recall quite a few people showed their respects to John Kennedy when he was shot and to Winston Churchill when he died.  You have a limited view of the world that I suspect is due to a relatively short time on it.

I think that most of those who overreacted to MHJ’s death probably don’t have much of a life themselves.  Kind of like the instant “Death to America” mobs in Iran:  none of them apparently have a job; that makes them available any time they’re needed.

Think what you want, but none of the people you mentioned–while certainly held in high regard by millions–stopped the internet cold.

Your statements show your complete ignorance. Bleaching skin? It’s called vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder that attacks the skin and is aggravated by stress, which was on 50% of Jackson’s body. He told the world about it 20 years ago on Oprah with millions watching and still you persist in your ignorance. Read the autopsy report. Do you laugh at people in wheelchairs too?

You further display your ignorance about other things in your statements which can be proven with trial transcripts and FBI files…available for your education as well. No, you would rather lap up the media garbage spewed at Michael Jackson for a good part of his life. Checkbook journalism and harrassment for profit ala News of The World. Tabloid methods are being shown to the world in the hearings in the United Kingdom right now. Truth and fact are casualties in today’s media.

As far as being the worlds most beloved pop star, I will concede that it is certainly a matter of opinion. The world stopped when Michael Jackson died and the internet was almost brought to his knees. There were more tributes around the world than any other figure in history and they still go on regularly today. 15 million saw him in concert in 82 countries. An estimated 750 million recordings were sold in his lifetime and he holds the record for the most digitial song downloads in history. Let’s ask them. Let’s also ask Jackson’s 42 million facebook fans. Or, we can ask the people who are attending his Cirque shows…$40 million in advanced ticket sales. Or, ask those who purchased tickets in just a few hours for the 50 O2 arena shows that never took place because Murray killed him. The world loves Michael Jackson and he is known in the most remote places on the planet.

Typical American arrogance and ignorance in your comments.Go back to reading your tabloids. They did a great job on brainwashing you.

Judge Pastor, ADA’s Walgren and Brazil, and the jury did an outstanding job of dealing with this case. They fought hard for justice and I would like to thank them. Our justice system does work even though the penalty does not fit the crime. At least, Judge Pastor was very harsh in his criticism of Murray’s criminal behavior which becomes a matter of court record. Murray will also never be able to practice medicine and do this to another victim again. In addition, Murray has been ordered to pay restitution to the victim’s children to ensure that he will never truly profit from his crime nor the blackmail he intended as noted by the judge.

Most beloved star is an accurate description, Jay, even if you don’t like it.  Jackson is a global icon.  Oh, and he was exactly the type of person Lennon would have loved.

You’re a small minority, representative of ignorant minds with no desire to know the truth.  The information is available online, if you still haven’t figured it out after 10+ years of FBI and law enforcement investigation that yielded nothing, nada, zip to corroborate two extortion attempts.  The man is and always was innocent.Your comment here just reflects the garbage input from the people who are now answering pertinent questions in the hacking scandal in the UK.  Their abhorrent behavior, paying for and making up stories about people in the public eye, is based on the premise that famous people have no right to accuracy or privacy–rights most of us get to enjoy.  And once their garbage is out there, there is no taking it back and lives and reputations are ruined.  So knock yourself out with your “contempt” that is born of ignorance.  That’s the easy way out….education takes time and effort.

Well, that clears up any question about your lack of life experience.  The internet didn’t exist back then, sonny.  Both men I mentioned actually did something that changed the world, as opposed to just entertaining portions of it.

Doesn’t matter that the internet wasn’t in existence then.  Television was, and more people viewed Jackson’s memorial service than the televised events relating to the people you mentioned combined.

Jay, if you’d like to know what Jackson’s liver looked like, do read the autopsy report and review the testimony of the coroner.

Jackson autopsy
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/michael-jackson-autopsy-report

Testimony of Dr. Christopher Rogers
http://youarethejudge.com/index.php/people-vs-conrad-murray/168-cmtestimoney31

In both cases, it was revealed that Jackson’s health was better than the average 50-year-old and that his organs were “healthy.”  Are junkies normally healthy?  I don’t think so.

But it’s not profitable to characterize Jackson as anything but a freak, and it’s been that way from the time he achieved global status as an icon and now continuing in his death.  And the brainwashed masses–well, at least some of them, like you–continue to believe the lies and distortions promulgated by a malicious media hell bent on the personal destruction of successful, self-actualized people they haven’t even met.

And just because YOU have warmer memories of John Lennon than Michael Jackson means absolutely nothing.

Opinions vary.  Vitiligo isn’t something that generally covers every visible inch; it’s patchy.  Take a look at photos of people with vitiligo and compare them to Michael Jackson’s.
 http://www.leucoderma.com/app/vitiligo-photos-pictures.asp
http://www.hiphoplirik.com/michael-jackson-autopsy-photos-revealed.html

I will acknowledge his liver was apparently normal in size and appearance.  Imagine my surprise.

As for the world stopping, I vaguely remember when he died and I don’t remember anything special about it except that CNN latched onto it and stayed with it until something else happened.  I would have to look up the date as I surely don’t recall nor do I particularly care.  His death meant nothing to me.  Whichever of his songs I liked are still available to be listened to but it wasn’t as if he’d had a hit in years.

Lots of dead entertainers over the years and drugs took way too many of them.  If there were some I actually missed, the list would include folks like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Dwayne Allman,  John Lennon and George Harrison.  But did the world stop with the death of any of them?  No.

Maybe your world stopped with MJ but that must be a very small place.  My world stops for no man.

Are you for real? I’m a parent of 3 adult children, grandparent of 8, and had a job until taking late retirement. I also liked and admired MJ for his talent & contribution to the music world. I also reacted with sorrow when learning of his death.

I’d say it is you yourself that has a limited view of the world. A view that is quite telling considering your claim of being older and more experienced in life.

The media brainwashed countless numbers of people about who Michael Jackson really was. The time for ignorance about him is over. Here is the real Michael Jackson: 

The Man Behind the Myth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq0plufocgQ