gg Phil Spector jury

[MikeyPatriot]

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The Wall of Sound protected him LDO

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[Banks2334]

PJ,
From what I understand, the judge f-ed up by not letting the jury consider a charge of manslaughter. It was murder or nothing. The holdouts on the jury said they couldn't prove he put the gun in her mouth, thus no murder. I suspect the prosecution will retry for a manslaughter conviction so they don't have to go thru this nonsense again.

[ChipWrecked]

Suicide.

She was down on her luck, drunk, then sucked and [censored] Phil Spector. Baby Jeebus, that would be enough to make anybody want to end it.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

how does a murder trial go five months. that seems to symbolize that the government is doing a really lousy job of presenting their case.

[TheTruthSpeaks]

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how does a murder trial go five months. that seems to symbolize what a joke our legal system is.

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[private joker]

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I suspect the prosecution will retry

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I just heard on the radio that the prosecution does intend to ask for a retrial.

[mosdef]

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This isn't really surprising given the recent results of celebrity trials, but it sure seemed like the dude shot that chick in the face.

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Is this phenomenon limited to celebrity cases, or is it just that celebrity cases are the only ones we hear about?

[ChipWrecked]

While Spector has a long history of pulling guns on women, there are no witnesses. The defense had a lot of testimony that she had been depressed. They found the fingernail that the cops missed (well done, LAPD!), which might have been the physical evidence needed to convict. There was gunpowder residue on her hand.

This can't be pinned on the jury. LAPD [censored] up yet again.

[luckyjimm]

Spector is now the white OJ

[youtalkfunny]

From Friday's Bill Maher show, before the deadlock was declared, Bill wondered why the jury was still out after two weeks:

New Rule: Maybe Iraq wasn't ready for democracy--[shot of Phil Spector in huge wig] --and maybe California isn't ready for trial by jury. The jury on Phil Spector has been out two weeks. On this guy. A man who pulled a gun on every woman he met since stereo.

A man who confessed at the crime scene. A man who looks like this. But there's at least one person on that jury saying, "I don't know. She could have killed herself to frame him." Yes. This actress wanted to kill herself and she just happened to meet a guy who puts guns in ladies' mouths. Talk about going to Hollywood and getting your lucky break.

If the person who is holding up this jury writes a book, they have to have the party at Phil Spector's house, and whatever Phil puts in their mouth, they have to suck it. You never know. There's a reasonable doubt. It could be a Slim Jim.

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/index.html