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A Prison Gift for You, Phil Spector
Well, it looks like the jury has carefully weighed the evidence and decided that Phil Spector is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This after 6 years and two trials.
Spector, who was famous for creating the "wall of sound," producing the Beatles, and creating one of the best Christmas albums ever, was on trial for the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson at Spector's home in Alhambra, CA. Clarkson was a former B-movie actress who had been working as a hostess at the House of Blues on Sunset, where she met Spector earlier that evening.
Much like a particular previous high-profile celebrity murder case, this one seemed fairly straightforward in terms of whether or not Spector actually did it. The question was whether he'd get off.
The whole case hinged on the testimony of Spector's chauffeur, who testified that the music icon emerged from the house following a gunshot and said, “I think I killed somebody.” There was that, plus testimony from several women from Spector's past who claimed the famed music producer had threatened them with guns, too.
According to the L.A. Times, Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson hoped to send a message to other would-be celebrity murderers with this verdict. "No matter your fame or your wealth or your supposed celebrity,” he said, “you will stand trial and you will be held accountable."
Fair enough. But I figure if Johnnie Cochran was still around this might have ended differently.