Trial date set for Hudson family slayings

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added: 20 Jan 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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A trial date has been set for the man accused of murdering Jennifer Hudson's family.

The I Remember Me singer's mother Darnell Donerson, 57, her brother Jason, 29, and her nephew Julian King, seven, were shot to death in October 2008.

E! Online reports that the estranged-husband of Jennifer's sister Julia, William Balfour, has been charged with the murders and will go to trial this spring in Chicago.

On Thursday,Cook County Judge Charles Burns announced that jury selection for Balfour's trial will commence on April 9.

Testimony is set to begin on April 23.

Balfour has been indicted on three counts of murder, home invasion and aggravated kidnapping. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Balfour's attorney argues that absolutely no forensic evidence links Balfour to the murders. The defence contends that Balfour is a 'convenient' suspect for law enforcement officials.

The prosecution alleges that Balfour was jealous about his former partner Julia dating other men. They claim he went to the house that day to confront her on the issue and killed Jennifer's three family members in a fit of rage.

Jennifer has not yet commented on the upcoming trial.

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Michael Jackson�s family �drops Murray claim�

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added: 19 Jan 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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Michael Jackson's family have reportedly given up on receiving a multi-million dollar sum from Dr. Conrad Murray.

Last year, the former physician was convicted of the King of Pop's involuntary manslaughter following his death of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009.

Murray was sentenced to four years in jail and has had his medical licence revoked.

The Jackson family was due to begin legal proceedings on Monday to try to extract $100 million in restitution from Murray, but TMZ reports that they have had a change of heart.

A representative from the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office has told the site that prosecutors were informed that Jackson's family are no longer going after the sum so the D.A. withdrew the request for the restitution hearing.

Murray apparently has no money and now that he cannot practice medicine on his release from jail, it is unclear how he will earn an income.

The Jackson family are said to have decided it wasn't worth the time and the energy to try and get something that Murray doesn't have.

Michael's parents, Katherine and Joe, will now seek a civil action against AEG, who were the concert promoters for the Thriller star's This Is It tour which he was preparing for when he passed away.

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