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LOS ANGELES (AFP) \u2013 A judge jailed Michael Jackson\u2019s doctor Conrad Murray for the maximum four years Tuesday, three weeks after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the star\u2019s 2009 death.<\/p>\n

He also said Murray should pay compensation to Jackson\u2019s family, although he made no ruling on a prosecution proposal for $100 million in restitution, putting off a decision on the amount until January.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has absolutely no sense of remorse,\u201d said judge Michael Pastor, after giving a scathing summary of the case against the 58-year-old doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are those that feel that Dr Murray is a saint. There are those that feel that Dr Murray is the devil. He\u2019s neither. He\u2019s a human being. He stands convicted of the death of another human being,\u201d said Pastor.<\/p>\n

But he said: \u201cMichael Jackson died not because of an isolated one-off occurrence or incident. He died because of a totality of circumstances which are directly attributable to Dr Murray.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge said he agreed that Murray should have to pay restitution to Jackson\u2019s estate and children, but said the amount would be decided at a later hearing \u2014 scheduled for January 23.<\/p>\n

The prosecution had asked for Murray to pay $100 million to compensate Jackson\u2019s family for the lost earnings the singer would have made from a 50-show series of comeback concerts he was planning when he died.<\/p>\n

Murray was found guilty on November 7 for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009 at the star\u2019s plush Holmby Hills mansion. The drug was purportedly to help the singer fight chronic insomnia.<\/p>\n

The physician admitted he had given the drug to the star for up to two months before his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr Murray engaged in a recurring, continuous pattern of deceit, of lies,\u201d said the judge, notably listing Murray\u2019s assurances before Jackson\u2019s death that he was healthy, and his failure to tell paramedics what drugs he had given.<\/p>\n

He lashed the \u201clongstanding failure of character of Dr Murray to serve his patient,\u201d saying the doctor had told \u201cunconscionable lies\u201d and practiced \u201chorrible medicine\u201d by repeatedly giving Jackson the anesthetic propofol.<\/p>\n

In a statement read in court before sentence was passed, Jackson\u2019s family said it was not seeking revenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Michael\u2019s parents we could never have imagined that we would live to witness his passing. It is simply against the natural order of things,\u201d said the statement read out by lawyer Brian Panish.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs his brothers and sisters we will never be able to hold, laugh or perform again with our brother Michael. And as his children we will grow up without a father, our best friend, our playmate and our dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson, aged 50 at the time of his death, had hired Murray at a salary of $150,000 a month to look after him as he rehearsed and embarked on a series of \u201cThis is It\u201d planned comeback shows in London.<\/p>\n

During the trial, the court heard a two-hour police interview with Murray in which he recounted the star\u2019s final days and hours, and claimed he found Jackson lifeless after leaving his bedside for only two minutes.<\/p>\n

But it also heard evidence that Murray was on the phone with a series of girlfriends at the crucial time Jackson was on his deathbed, and that he delayed calling 911 and failed to tell paramedics what he had given the star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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