Phil Spector was sentenced on Friday to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot through the mouth.
Music producer Phil Spector was convicted on Monday of murdering a Hollywood actress in 2003, and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
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/ 25 October 2008
He is among the biggest influences on modern popular music and has spent five years at the heart of an unresolved media firestorm.
Five years after an actress was found shot dead in his Los Angeles mansion, legendary music producer Phil Spector’s murder retrial begins on Thursday.
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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.
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/ 8 September 2007
Prosecutors did not present sufficient evidence to convict Phil Spector for the murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson, defense attorneys for the rock legend said on Friday. ”This case exemplifies reasonable doubt,” attorney Linda Kenney-Baden told the nine-man, three-woman jury, which is expected to begin deliberations on Monday.