Murray practiced as an interventional cardiologist, which mostly
involved placing catheters into the arteries of heart disease
patients. Jackson had no known heart issues, which the coroner
confirmed in his autopsy report. Jackson's chief medical problem
was his insomnia, for which Murray had no special training.
Murray treated Jackson's insomnia with nightly infusions of
propofol, a drug that is supposed to be administered only by an
anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthetist under the supervision of
a doctor. It was an approach to sleep medicine that is
universally condemned after the singer's overdose death.
Murray's competence is also questioned by his decision not to
use proper monitoring equipment that is standard when putting a
patient into a drug-induced coma.  Jackson lawyers say that
Murray's dire financial condition, combined with the high salary
offered by AEG Live, added to his incompetence. He decided to
breach his ethical responsibility to do no harm to his patient
because he feared losing the j