So, the Phil Spector murder trial v.2 is now in the hands of the jury. Summing up took a little longer than expected, but the prosecution delivered their rebuttal to the defence's closing arguments yesterday, and then Judge Larry Fidler sent the jurors into their room to consider the arguments and, hopefully, reach a conclusion as to whether or not it can be said, beyond reasonable doubt, that the legendary producer shot dead actress Lana Clarkson at his Beverly Hills home back in February 2003. As previously reported, if the jury are not convinced Spector behaved with sufficient recklessness to be guilty of murder, but they do believe he was holding the gun when Clarkson was killed, they, unlike the jurors in the original trial against the producer, will be able to convict him of involuntary manslaughter. Spector, of course, maintains that Clarkson shot herself.
Mar 27, 2009
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Jury time: Spector trial update
The jury in Phil Spector's second murder trial has begun considering its verdict after closing arguments, with the option of convicting him of involuntary manslaughter.