Filed under: Conrad Murray Trial
Anesthesiologist — Dr. Steven Shafer Testifies
Updated 10/19/11 at 9:10 AM
Anesthesiologist Dr. Steven Shafer — the prosecution’s final witness — will wrap up his testimony today from last week.
Dr. Shafer is a Propofol expert, and he’s expected to testify that Murray was criminally negligent in the
way he treated Michael Jackson.
* Thursday, Shafer told prosecutors he was hired 20 years ago by the company that produces Propofol to calibrate the correct dosing for the drug.
* Shafer said the exact dosage of Propofol is crucial — because even a slight discrepancy could be the difference between a patient sleeping for a few minutes, and one sleeping for a several hours.
* Shafer told prosecutors that thanks to Murray, patients ask him every day whether he’s giving them “the drug that killed Michael Jackson.”
