Thursday, September 27, 2007

Mistrial Declared In Spector Case

LOS ANGELES — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors in Phil Spector's trial said they could not reach a unanimous decision as to whether the death of an actress was murder or suicide.

The panel deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of conviction after 12 days of deliberations that jurors described as often heated and ultimately doomed by doubts raised by the defense concerning forensic evidence and the mental history of the dead woman, Lana Clarkson.

"Some thought there was enough background to say yes, possibly she did kill herself," an electrician who voted to convict Spector said at a press conference.
Prosecutors said they will try again to convict Spector of a second-degree murder charge.

After the decision, the district attorney's office indicated it would retry Spector.
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2 Comments:

At Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:22:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did you hear his lawyers quit today?

 
At Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:59:00 PM, Blogger Mr. Barkan said...

and we will likely see the next trial begin in the Spring... what a wonderful time to be teaching forensics

 

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