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| Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray released from jail | Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray released from jail |
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| Conrad Murray, the former doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death, has been released from jail. | Conrad Murray, the former doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death, has been released from jail. |
| The former cardiologist served less than two years of a four-year sentence after being convicted in November 2011 of involuntary manslaughter. | The former cardiologist served less than two years of a four-year sentence after being convicted in November 2011 of involuntary manslaughter. |
| Jail records confirmed Murray's release and the sheriff's office said he left a Los Angeles jail at 12:01 on Monday. | Jail records confirmed Murray's release and the sheriff's office said he left a Los Angeles jail at 12:01 on Monday. |
| Jackson died on 25 June 2009 after receiving a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol from Murray. | Jackson died on 25 June 2009 after receiving a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol from Murray. |
| The singer had been out of the public eye for several years but was preparing for a series of comeback performances at the O2 arena in London and Murray was serving as his personal physician. | The singer had been out of the public eye for several years but was preparing for a series of comeback performances at the O2 arena in London and Murray was serving as his personal physician. |
| Murray, 60, had been sentenced to serve four years behind bars, but a change in California law allowed his jail term to be significantly reduced. | Murray, 60, had been sentenced to serve four years behind bars, but a change in California law allowed his jail term to be significantly reduced. |
| Licence revoked | Licence revoked |
| The former doctor's medical licences remain suspended or revoked in the US states where he previously practised medicine. | The former doctor's medical licences remain suspended or revoked in the US states where he previously practised medicine. |
| According to ABC News, Murray's legal team is filing petitions in Texas to have his medical licence reinstated. | According to ABC News, Murray's legal team is filing petitions in Texas to have his medical licence reinstated. |
| "He's pretty confident that he'll be able to practise medicine again somewhere," Murray's legal representative, Valerie Wass told the US broadcaster. | "He's pretty confident that he'll be able to practise medicine again somewhere," Murray's legal representative, Valerie Wass told the US broadcaster. |
| Murray is also appealing against his conviction, although an appeals court has questioned whether it needs to hear the case. | Murray is also appealing against his conviction, although an appeals court has questioned whether it needs to hear the case. |
| Murray previously maintained clinics in Houston and Las Vegas and complained on several occasions about conditions in jail following his conviction and before his sentencing. | Murray previously maintained clinics in Houston and Las Vegas and complained on several occasions about conditions in jail following his conviction and before his sentencing. |
| He was allowed to serve his entire sentence in a Los Angeles jail instead of a state prison due to a law which allowed nonviolent offenders to be moved to local prisons to limit overcrowding. | He was allowed to serve his entire sentence in a Los Angeles jail instead of a state prison due to a law which allowed nonviolent offenders to be moved to local prisons to limit overcrowding. |
| ''Dr Murray has not received any special treatment in jail and in fact has many less privileges than most inmates because of his notoriety,'' Ms Wass said earlier this year. | ''Dr Murray has not received any special treatment in jail and in fact has many less privileges than most inmates because of his notoriety,'' Ms Wass said earlier this year. |
| She said he was "very much looking forward to his release and getting on with his life". | She said he was "very much looking forward to his release and getting on with his life". |
| According to ABC News, Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, said the singer's family hopes Murray "can never practise medicine again and will not violate his Hippocratic Oath and hurt another patient". | |
| She filed a wrongful death suit against concert promoter AEG Live LLC in 2010, claiming that the company was negligent in hiring Murray to tend to her son. | She filed a wrongful death suit against concert promoter AEG Live LLC in 2010, claiming that the company was negligent in hiring Murray to tend to her son. |
| Earlier this month, the jury ruled in favour of AEG. It determined that Murray was not unfit or incompetent to serve as Jackson's tour doctor. | Earlier this month, the jury ruled in favour of AEG. It determined that Murray was not unfit or incompetent to serve as Jackson's tour doctor. |
| ''That doesn't mean we felt he was ethical,'' jury foreman Gregg Barden said of Murray after the AEG Live verdict. | ''That doesn't mean we felt he was ethical,'' jury foreman Gregg Barden said of Murray after the AEG Live verdict. |
| Murray told police he gave the pop star nightly doses of propofol to help him sleep but lacked the proper medical or monitoring equipment required to administer anaesthesia. | Murray told police he gave the pop star nightly doses of propofol to help him sleep but lacked the proper medical or monitoring equipment required to administer anaesthesia. |