Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Attorneys representing Dr. Conrad Murray want the jury to see the video of Michael Jackson announcing his "This Is It" tour in London months before his death from a drug overdose.

In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys for Murray -- charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death -- wrote that at the March 5, 2009, press conference, Jackson announced there would only be 10 shows and "that it was the 'final curtain call.' "They said the video is material to the case because it "allows jurors to see Mr. Jackson's mental and physical condition back in March 2009."

The defense team said this will corroborate testimony of Karen Faye, Jackson's make-up artist, who is expected to testify at Murray's upcoming trial that the singer was "furious" when the number of concerts was increased to 50, and that he expressed concern about physically performing for so many shows.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- La Toya Jackson, Michael Jackson's sister, insists her pop icon brother was murdered as part of "a conspiracy" and calls Dr. Conrad Murray "the fall guy."

La Toya has upheld that belief ever since her brother died suddenly two years ago.

She tells KTLA her brother was targeted for murder because of his power in the music industry.

"It was pure murder," La Toya told KTLA on Wednesday. "I don't care what anyone says. This was pure murder. This was a controversy. This was all manipulated."

 A week before jury selection begins in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, the late singer's father renewed calls for an investigation into his son's death.

Joe Jackson, in Madrid to promote a worldwide tour of the hit Spanish musical Forever King of Pop, said he believes Dr Conrad Murray was acting on behalf of other people involved in Jackson's career and said his son had warned his family he would be killed over the publishing rights to hit songs such as Thriller and Billie Jean.

"I want to get the other people that's involved, not just Dr Murray. That's why I'm trying to get a federal investigation, so they can grab them all," he said.

He characterised Murray as "just the fall guy," in an interview with Reuters, but declined to say who else he thought might be to blame in the death of his superstar son.

(CBS)  In Los Angeles Wednesday, Michael Jackson's doctor declared his nnocence in court for the first time since the pop star's death.

CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports that Murray, surrounded by attorneys, answered the charge against him: involuntary manslaughter.

Murray told the judge, "Your honor, I am an innocent man. I, therefore, plead not guilty."

But prosecutors call the evidence damning. The coroner blames Jackson's death on the powerful surgical anesthetic, Propofol. Murray admits administering the drug to help Jackson sleep, but denies giving a lethal dose.
But could Murray be the only person held responsible for Jackson's death?

A judge has ordered the personal doctor of Michael Jackson to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter.

Judge Michael Pastor gave the ruling against Dr Conrad Murray at a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles.

Prosecutors say that he gave Jackson a lethal dose of a powerful anaesthetic mixed with other sedatives and then failed to provide proper care.

Dr Murray, 57, has pleaded not guilty, and says he did not give Jackson anything potentially lethal.

Judge Pastor made the order against the cardiologist on the sixth day of the hearing. He also granted a request by the California Medical Board to suspend the licence of Dr Murray to practise in the state.

Dr Murray faces up to four years in prison if convicted at trial.

(Reuters) - The Discovery television network on Friday said it canceled plans to air a reenactment of the autopsy on Michael Jackson's body, citing an upcoming court hearing and concern by the late pop star's estate.

The show, "Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson," had been set to air in several countries of western Europe and in the United Kingdom on January 13.

"Given the commencement of legal proceedings beginning next week, and at the request of Michael Jackson's estate, the scheduled broadcast of the medical documentary related to Michael Jackson's official autopsy has been postponed indefinitely," Discovery Networks International said in a statement.

A Discovery spokesman declined comment beyond the statement. Co-executors of the estate responded in their own statement saying they were "pleased" with the decision.

London, Nov 06 (ANI): A “new” album of late Michael Jackson songs, which is all set to go on sale next month, has been condemned by his family, fans and friends.

Entitled ‘Michael’, it contains tracks that the superstar was working on before his death in June 2009, and which have been posthumously completed.

But this news was quickly followed by protests from his family.

“If Michael had wanted this music released he would have done so before his death,” ABC News quoted Joe Jackson’s attorney Brian Oxman as saying in a statement. 

“The songs which are being released on the new Michael Jackson album were unfinished and incomplete tracks that Michael said over and over many times he never wanted released.”

Even pop star Will.i.am, with whom King of Pop was collaborating before his death said, “He was a perfectionist and he wouldn’t have wanted it that way.

For seven years, the gleaming silver letters that once proclaimed the Michael Jackson Auditorium at Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood were hidden behind white plywood boards.

The boards had been placed there to hide the name of the pop singer at the behest of parents shortly after Jackson was arrested on suspicion of child molestation in 2003. Since his death last year, fans had rallied for the restoration of the sign, which they saw as a symbol of Jackson’s legacy.

Now, Jackson’s name gleams again. 

Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Ramon C. Cortines ordered the boards stripped away Friday "in recognition of Michael Jackson’s musical legacy and contribution to modern culture."

A school district spokesman said the decision was made in large part because Jackson had been acquitted of criminal charges in the molestation case.

On Friday night, a Facebook page calling for the restoration of the sign was overflowing with joyous comments.