Outrage Over Michael Jackson's Autopsy Reenactment 
 
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 A print ad for the special, which shows a body on an autopsy table covered in a sheet -- save one gloved hand -- made Branca and McClain even more upset. The Discovery Channel in Europe is planning to air a TV special on Jan. 13 called 'Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson,' which includes a reenactment of Michael Jackson 's autopsy. Revelation of this has outraged the executors of Jackson's estate. EOnline is reporting that co-executors John Branca and John McClain sent a letter to Discovery yesterday, saying, "Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael's family, and appears motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael's death, while cynically attempting to dupe the public into believing this show will have serious medical value."A print ad for the special, which shows a body on an autopsy table covered in a sheet -- save one gloved hand -- made Branca and McClain even more upset. 
 
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 "The ad is debased, sick and insensitive. No doubt this fictitious, morbid image is being spread worldwide even now on the Internet, viewed by Michael's loved ones, and even accepted as authentic by those who may be unaware that Discovery made it up," the letter continued. TMZ reports that the producers from Discovery went to Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter earlier this year asking if he'd sit for an interview to discuss Jackson's autopsy and the investigation into the cause of the pop star's death.Winter said he had no interest in doing the interview. He also added "I think it's unprofessional and I wouldn't do it out of respect for the family." 

 The defense for the doctor facing trial for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death will suggest the singer actually killed himself, a prosecutor said during a hearing Wednesday. 
 
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 "I do think it's clear the defense is operating under the theory that the victim, Michael Jackson, killed himself," said Deputy District Attorney David Walgren. 
 
 "They don't want to say it but that's the direction in which they are going." 
 
 The statement came at a hearing where a lawyer for Dr. Conrad Murray clashed with the prosecutor over who should test residue from two syringes found in Jackson's bedroom. 
 
 Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan declined to comment on any theories of defense outside court and said lawyers were still investigating the case. 
 
 A preliminary hearing is scheduled to begin Jan. 4 after which Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor will decide if there is sufficient evidence to hold Murray for trial. The issue of residue in the syringes is unlikely to be brought up in that hearing, attorneys said. 
 
 Jackson died on June 25, 2009, of what was later found to be acute Propofol intoxication, with other sedatives found to have been a contributing factor. 
 
 But Flanagan told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor that a huge amount of the anesthetic Propofol _ possibly 150 milligrams _ would have had to be present in Jackson's body to reach the level that killed him. He noted that Dr. Murray has said he gave him only 25 milligrams of the drug along with small amounts of benzodiazopines _ sedative drugs _ to help him sleep. 
 
 There have been suggestions that during a brief period when Murray left the room Jackson, possibly desperate for sleep, could have injected himself with more of the Propofol. 
 
 Flanagan said a broken syringe was found on the bedroom floor in addition to a syringe in an intravenous medication bag. He said a fingerprint found on the broken syringe hasn't been identified.
– Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death, appears to be taking a novel approach to his defense: Claim the King of Pop killed himself. Or so says the prosecution, reports the AP. "I do think it's clear the defense is operating under the theory that the victim, Michael Jackson, killed himself," says a deputy DA. "They don't want to say it but that's the direction in which they are going." Defense lawyers maintain that up to 150 milligrams of Propofol killed Jackson; Murray has said he gave the pop star only 25 milligrams. His team is hinting that Jackson awoke while Murray was out of the room, and, possibly desperate for sleep, injected himself fatally. A broken syringe was found on Jackson's bedroom floor, with a fingerprint as yet unidentified. A preliminary hearing in the case is set to begin Jan. 4. (In other Jackson news, outrage over a reenactment of his autopsy.)