Juror Speaks Out on Murray Verdict

Temple City - Pop icon Michael Jackson would still be alive today if not for Conrad Murray, a juror from the doctor's manslaughter trial said Wednesday.

Debbie Franklin, 48, from Temple City, Calif., told ABC's "Good Morning America" she and the other 11 jurors believed Jackson would "absolutely" be alive if not for Murray, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Monday.

"Conrad Murray did it," she said. "Conrad Murray agreed to be the one to go into the bedroom and do this. He [Jackson] was looking for somebody to say yes, and Conrad Murray said yes."

Murray, 58, who was Jackson's personal doctor, was found guilty by a 12-person jury, after nine hours of deliberation and a six-week trial. The jury ruled that Murray had given Jackson, who died on June 25, 2009, a fatal overdose of the dangerous anesthetic propofol.

Murray had admitted to giving Jackson a small amount of propofol to help him sleep, but not the massive amount of the drug found in his body. His lawyers claimed Jackson injected himself with the drug.

Franklin said there were three main factors in the case that led the jury to its decision.

"The three biggest things for us were the 911 call, not calling 911," she said. "That was a big issue, and not having the medical equipment in the room to put somebody under sedation and leaving the room."

"Even if Michael Jackson injected himself, which I don't think we believed, but, we felt, even if he did, that wouldn't have mattered because Conrad Murray brought the situation there," Franklin added. "He was the doctor. He was in charge."

Earlier a juror who asked not to be identified told TMZ said it was not difficult to reach the verdict and that all the jurors were in agreement early on in the deliberations.

"It was a concrete decision," the juror said, adding that it was the body of evidence rather than one individual piece of evidence that swayed the decision.

Murray's sentencing hearing is set for Nov. 29. He will be remanded in custody until that date.