LOS ANGELES: Images of Michael Jackson in life and death will be shown to jurors at his doctor's trial, a judge ruled Thursday, after a prosecutor promised restraint while using autopsy photos that might upset the singer's family. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also said he will allow prosecutors to screen segments of the concert movie “This Is It” for jurors in highly redacted form to show the pop star's mental and physical state in the days before his death. He said only two autopsy photos will be allowed of Jackson's body laid out on a coroner's examining table. In one image, the singer is swathed in a hospital gown. In the other, he is nude, with portions of his anatomy obscured, prosecutors said. Prosecution was adamant about the need to show Jackson's physical condition to bolster the prosecution claim that Jackson was healthy when he died of the overdose. Pastor said only relevant portions of Jackson's performance on “Earth Song” and “The Way You Make Me Feel” can be shown to jurors.
