The possibility of such a charge emerged Wednesday after authorities served a search warrant at the Houston offices of Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal physician. Murray’s attorney, Ed Chernoff, said investigators were looking for items “they believed constituted evidence of the offense of manslaughter.”
Such a charge does not require an intent to kill and experts said the focus would more likely be on whether Murray took unnecessary risks in administering a drug or drugs to Jackson.
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