Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s doctor, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The case will probably last at least two months. Jury selection began on Thursday.

The trial’s opening arguments have been set for May 9th, and it is supposed to be over on July 1st. Murray is accused of giving the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep in amounts that killed him. Murray has maintained his innocence and plans to argue that Jackson gave himself the drug.

Jury selection, which started with a pool of 160 people, should be narrowed to 100 by May 4th. This would leave enough time to narrow it to 12 by the trial’s start on May 9th. This promises to be a huge media event that will rival some of the biggest trials in American history.