Jury selection starts in Michael Jackson death case

Dr. Conrad Murray is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop star Michael Jackson. STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Jury selection is under way in Dr. Conrad Murray's trialNEW: The Murray trial judge is probing court leaks to websitesNEW: Two of the 159 potential jurors say they've never heard of the caseMichael Jackson died in 2009 after Murray allegedly gave him an overdose Los Angeles (CNN) -- The judge in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death, will launch an investigation into how celebrity news websites obtained questionnaires being used to select a jury.

Still, Judge Michael Pastor said Thursday one website that has a "banner, bold headline indicating it has a copy of the questionnaire" does not have the real thing.

"Not one of the questions posted online is part of this court's questionnaire -- not one," Pastor said. "It is bogus."

As lawyers in the case gathered in his courtroom Thursday morning to begin jury selection, Pastor said he would meet with them later in the morning to start his inquiry into the potential leak of the questionnaire.

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