Los Angeles: A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday found Dr Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. Murray's sentencing is set for November 29.
Conrad Murray is ordered to jail and will not be released with bail while he waits for his sentencing. The order was announced after the Prosecution demanded that Murray be kept in jail and asked for no bail till the court hears Murray's sentencing.
Members of Jackson's family wept, and his mother, Katherine Jackson, said, "I feel better now." His sister La Toya said she was overjoyed and added, "Michael was looking over us."
The jury deliberated less than nine hours after a six-week trial that depicted Jackson as a tormented genius on the brink of what might have been his greatest triumph but for one impediment - extreme insomnia.
Michael Jackson's fans celebrated the verdict outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Murray was charged for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big comeback.
The verdict marked the latest chapter in one of pop culture's most shocking tragedies - the 2009 drug-overdose death of the King of Pop at age 50 as he was about to mount a series of heavily promoted concerts in London that he hoped would turn his career around after a slide prompted by child-molestation allegations and years of bizarre behavior.
Michael Jackson was found dead at his Los Angeles mansion on June 25, 2009.
With additional information from Associated Press
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