Murray's finances were not a factor in the criminal case that ended with his 2011 conviction for administering a fatal dose of propofol to Jackson.

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Not only would this have caused radiation sickness, but without rapid medical treatment such a sudden dose could have been fatal.

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Prof Ferner said the lower dose was appropriate for a frail elderly lady, while the higher dose would have been fatal.

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Bayer might have made a fatal mistake when it decided to release a higher-dose version of Baycol.

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That would result in computing a dose of medicine for a 100-year-old person -- possibly fatal for a child.

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