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/ 27 September 2007
After almost 43 hours of deliberation over 12 days, the 12 jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial told the judge on Wednesday that they were unable to reach a verdict. Faced with a 10-2 split in favour of conviction, the judge declared a mistrial.
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/ 20 September 2007
The judge in the murder trial of Phil Spector on Wednesday abandoned the idea of presenting the deadlocked jury with a reduced charge of manslaughter against the music producer. In a day of complex legal manoeuvrings, both the judge and jury struggled to find a way to proceed in the case, which was stalled after seven days of deliberations.
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/ 19 September 2007
The jury in the murder trial of Phil Spector declared that it was unable to reach a verdict yesterday after seven days of deliberation. The jury’s foreman told Judge Larry Fidler that it was hung on a seven-five vote. It was not revealed which way the majority on the jury was leaning.