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Demonstrators stand outside the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 after it was announced that jurors had reached a verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's physician when the pop star died in 2009.
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Murray sat stone-faced and showed little reaction at the verdict.
There was a shriek in the courtroom when the verdict was read, and the crowd erupted outside the courthouse. The judge polled the jury, and each juror answered "yes" when asked whether their verdict was guilty.
Outside the courthouse, fans of Michael Jackson and supporters of Dr. Conrad Murray gathered to wave their respective signs.
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Michael Jackson supporters hold signs outside Los Angeles Superior Court where opening statement are being heard in the involuntary manslaughter trial of pop superstar Michael Jackson's personal physian Dr Conrad Murray September 27, 2011. Murrary is accused of manslaughter over the pop icon's shock 2009 death at the age of 50.
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Beatrice Fakhrain (L) and Michelle Shaw read bible verses during the opening day of Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles September 27, 2011.
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Conrad Murray, doctor to Michael Jackson, at the Criminal Courts building in Los Angeles.
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Michael Jackson's parents Katherine Jackson (L) and Joe Jackson (R-rear) arrive outside Los Angeles Superior Court to hear opening statement in the involuntary manslaughter trial of pop superstar Michael Jackson's personal physian Dr Conrad Murray September 27, 2011.
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Dr. Conrad Murray listens during his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jan. 25, 2011. A court date for Murray was set for March 28, 2011 in the death of Michael Jackson.
Associated Press reports:
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop superstar's death as the case moved rapidly toward a trial that will likely be televised.
"Your honor, I am an innocent man," Murray told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor in a soft voice. "I definitely plead not guilty."
Lawyers for Murray, who is accused of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives, said they would be ready to go to trial within the 60-day statutory time limit, which would make for an unusually speedy trial.
Dr. Conrad Murray pleads not guilty to manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. NBC's Stephanie Stanton reports.
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