Phil Spector Found Guilty Of Murder...FINALLY
In what has to be the most effed up celebrity trial in the history of man, famed music producer Phil Spector was found guilty of 2nd degree murder after shooting actress Lana Clarkson in the face at his home in 2003.
Virtually all the evidence in the case pointed to Phil Spector having murdered Clarkson in cold-blood, but as is always the case in our non-justice driven judicial system, Spector and his team of hell-bound lawyers tried to argue Clarkson shot herself. In the face no less.
Please excuse me, one of my eyeballs got stuck from an involuntary roll.
So, now, 6 years later, including a mistrial, Spector, a well-known gun nut, woman-abuser and crazy recluse will see some deserved justice. More from CNN:
Wearing a black suit with a red tie and pocket square, Spector showed no reaction as the verdict was announced. Now 69, he faces a sentence of 18 years to life in prison when he is sentenced May 29.Asked if he agreed to the sentencing date, Spector quietly answered, "Yes."
Spector's wife, Rachelle, was in the courtroom to hear the verdict Monday, as was Clarkson's mother, Donna.
Clarkson, 40, was found dead, slumped in a chair in the foyer of Spector's Alhambra, California, mansion with a gunshot wound through the roof of her mouth in February 2003.
A mistrial was declared in Spector's first trial in September 2007. After deliberating 15 days, jurors told Fidler that they were unable to reach a verdict. Spector was also charged with second-degree murder in that trial. Jurors deadlocked 10-2 in favor of conviction.
In closing arguments at the retrial, prosecutor Truc Do called Spector "a very dangerous man" who "has a history of playing Russian roulette with women — six women. Lana just happened to be the sixth."
Weinberg argued that the prosecution's case hinged on circumstantial evidence. He said the possibility that Clarkson committed suicide could not be ruled out.
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