As expected, the prosecution began its closing arguments in the second Phil Spector murder trial yesterday.
According to Reuters, Prosecutor Truc Do revisited the various stories of incidents whereby Spector had pulled a gun on other women during his late night angry moments, again arguing that actress Lana Clarkson's death at the legendary producer's Beverly Hills home in 2003 was an accident waiting to happen. Do told the court: "When he's ignited, he always does the same thing - he grabs a gun. In every single one of these incidents, Mr Spector demonstrates conscious disregard for human life... Her death was a death waiting to happen in his world".
If the prosecution can convince the jury that Spector was holding the gun that shot Clarkson, and that the gun was fired because of his recklessness, then the producer can be convicted of murder, even if the shooting was actually an accident. If the jury is troubled by the idea of recklessness leading to a murder conviction, they may opt for the crime of involuntary manslaughter which, as previously reported, will be an option open to this jury which was not offered to the jury of the first trial who, of course, failed to reach a verdict.
Spector, of course, maintains that Clarkson shot herself. Closing arguments by both prosecution and defence are expected to be completed by end of play tomorrow.