Outstanding Response to Petition Calling for an Increase in Charges for Conrad Murray

Jan. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- After less than twenty-four hours, the petition circulated by the Michael Jackson Accountability Network (M.J.A.N.) has already had an outstanding response, with over 2400 signatures and quickly climbing. Michael Jackson fans and supporters are urging Steve Cooley, the L.A. District Attorney who is prosecuting the case against Conrad Murray, to increase the charges from Involuntary Manslaughter to Second Degree Murder; Murray is the doctor accused of causing Jackson’s death. Given testimony to-date in Murray’s preliminary hearing, it is also being urged that the charges be added of: concealment of accidental death; reckless endangerment; reckless conduct; conspiracy; obstruction of justice, and any additional charges that may result from testimony in the preliminary hearing.

Fans have mobilized to spread the petition, through the M.J.A.N. website, through the largest Michael Jackson fan club, MJJ Community, and through other fan-sites, and also through social networking. The response has been overwhelming. The completed petition will be sent to the District Attorney, and also to L.A. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, and to the presiding Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Michael Pastor.

Testimony in the preliminary hearing now seems to form a pattern of Murray’s reckless endangerment of Michael Jackson, and a disregard for his well-being and life. Testimony has been heard that points to concealment of evidence; to Murray’s failure to inform EMTs on the scene or to inform medical professionals at the UCLA Medical Center of medications given, and multiple phone-calls made by Murray during the time when Michael Jackson was in distress, or already deceased. Fans and supporters are calling for an immediate increase in the charges, and additional charges added as warranted by information that is forthcoming in testimony. The goal of the petition is at least ten-thousand signatures; it is a goal that seems likely, given the enormous response to this call for justice.

Sign the petition to have Dr. Conrad Murray’s charges raised: http://www.petitiononline.com/justs4MJ/petition.html

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