The former doctor convicted
of causing the death of pop star, Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray, 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.
Jail records confirmed Murray's
release, just as the sheriff's office said he left a Los Angeles jail yesterday.
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 sixty-year old Murray, had been
sentenced to serve four years behind bars, but a change in California law
allowed his jail term to be significantly reduced.
The
former doctor's medical licences remain suspended or revoked in the US states where
he previously practised medicine. Murray's legal team is filing petitions in
Texas to have his medical licence reinstated.
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