Jackson Trial: Deliberations End For The Day

The jury in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor has finished its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

The seven men and five women went home and will resume their reflections on Monday.

In closing arguments before they retired, prosecutors said the singer "paid with his life" in 2009, for the criminal negligence of Dr Conrad Murray.

Defence lawyers said Murray was being held responsible for Jackson's own actions.

"For a crime to be proved, the prosecution has to show that Dr Murray actually killed Michael Jackson," Ed Chernoff, defending, told the jury before they retired.

"They want you to convict Dr Murray for the actions of Michael Jackson," Mr Chernoff said.

"If it were anybody else but Michael Jackson, would this doctor be here today?"

Mr Chernoff asked the jury to forget that the victim was a pop star.

"If you are going to hold Dr Murray responsible, don't do it because it's Michael Jackson. This is not a reality show. This is reality."

Murray, had been hired to care for Jackson as he prepared for a series of planned comeback concerts at the O2 Arena in London.

He has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

The doctor did not testify at the trial and could face up to four years in prison if convicted.

Jackson was found lifeless at his Los Angeles mansion on June 25, 2009, aged 50.

He was later ruled to have died from an overdose of propofol - which is normally used as a surgical anaesthetic - and sedatives.

The defence argued during the trial that the singer was dependent on propofol and self-administered the fatal dose of the anaesthetic.

But in his closing argument, prosecutor David Walgren labelled that theory "junk science" and "garbage science".