Celebrity Justice
Phil Spector -- Hung?

The jury in the Phil Spector trial has indicated to a judge that they have been unable to come to reach a verdict.

Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler says he is considering giving the jury the option of weighing a possible manslaughter charge. The jury is currently considering only a second degree murder charge against the music producer.

The judge has just asked the jurors how they are split. The foreperson has told the judge they are divided 7 to 5. No word on how many are voting for a guilty verdict or how many are leaning towards acquittal.

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91. I cant watch this anymore! I have to go shoping!!! FOR A NEW COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 7:57PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Siggy

92. O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake, Phil Spector. Am I forgeting anyone? lets start a list. maybe then Califonia will get a clue as to what they are doing.

Posted at 8:05PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Siggy

93. I think maybe LANA did kill herself. I think once she realized she had just stooped so low as to engage in sexual activity with Phil Spector, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. She knew she had hit rock bottom and she just snapped. I think I would probably kill myself too in order to get away from Spector.

Posted at 8:33PM on Sep 18th 2007 by jamesbrown

94. Hung Jury, let Phil Spector get back to living.

Posted at 9:06PM on Sep 18th 2007 by JoyceDanelen@yahoo.com

95. you mean let Phil Spector get back to killing??

Posted at 9:47PM on Sep 18th 2007 by SuziON

96. Hey all you "movie stars" and Rich Folks in California!!!
Save Money on Divorce just murder your spouse you'll have a little trial but you'll get off and your spouse is dead!!! ask OJ and Robert Blake
Want to molest little boys! move to California you'll get off ask Michael Jackson!!!
Want to murder some actress and get away with it, big record producer ...................I think you did!!!!
The list could go on and on anyone I forgot????

Posted at 9:49PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Thank God I live in Ohio

97. This man killed that woman without a doubt, he has a deep history of sexually harassing women by gunpoint. May the ghost of Lana take haunt his ass and those of the stupid jurors forever. Although I'm not surprised by the number of who decided to acquit because the jury pool had about 7 men and 5 women. I sorta believe that men think it's OK to use a gun to intimidate women for sex.

Posted at 12:46AM on Sep 20th 2007 by sheeba

98. Big surprise! California...the ONLY state where Celebrity Idiots rule! What a way to go down in history!

Posted at 10:28PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Redheads Rock

99. Only in CA you can get away with murder. Sure she was so depressed that she decided to end her life at Phil's house. I dont think so. Why did she go home with him in the first place? He is so ugly. Gee, I wonder if his fame and money had anything to do with it. Is everyone so star struck in CA that they let these killers off scot free? Of course Robert Blake killed his wife and so did O.J.

Posted at 10:07PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Tina

100. Unbelieveable! Only in LA. We all acknowledge he's pulled guns on women in the past (habit) and yet, we have a jury who can't reach a verdict. What a bunch of morons! What more do they need a video of the murder? Really, I mean assuming arguendo that someone wanted to commit suicide, isn't that more a "private" thing? Women statistically don't commit suicide. Maybe the system of juries just doesn't work. We need bench trials! It really infuriates me to think this woman went to his house and ends up dead from his gun. MORONS!!! Don't buy any of their books after they're off jury duty.

Posted at 10:24PM on Sep 18th 2007 by C Mitchell

101. Wait till I tell my friend Nancy Grace this one..

Posted at 10:49PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Dirty white Boy.

102. As a former prosecutor...I'm sooooo glad that I didn't have to try cases in California. Not for anything, these people are star-struck. Ridiculous.

Posted at 10:56PM on Sep 18th 2007 by vanity

103. HANG THIS.... CAN THIS BE HAPPENING? WHAT CRAP... WHAT IS THE HOLD UP? YES WER'E OUT HERE AND READ AND SEE MORE THAT'S TRUE...BUT LANA'S PARENTS DESERVE BETTER. I CAN SEE ONLY .... 3 LADY'S AND 9 MEN= 7-5..... SO IF ALL THE LADY'S MAKE 3+ 2 MEN... = A 7-5 SPLIT......... DEADLOCK?
MEN / LADY'S WERE YOU NOT AWAKE IN COURT? I JUST DO NOT BELIEVE MY EARS....THE LUNCHES AND BEING OFF WORK MUST BE BLISSFUL....JUST BECAUSE LANA IS DEAD IT STILL MATTERS!

Posted at 11:30PM on Sep 18th 2007 by TELL ME I'M DREAMING!!!!!! DAMM

104. Did anyone see Dominick Dunne the other night on Larry King?? Dominick ran into Phil in the washroom of the courthouse a couple of months ago. All Phil did is pee. But, he washed his hands like he had OCD or 'I wanna be a surgeon syndrome'. Every nook and cranny was washed over and over. At least 10 minutes of this. If this is the way he always washes his hands-hence the lack of residue or blood on them. This is NOT 'rocket science'!! We, over in the courttv.com chat room thought there was finally an 'intelligent' LA LA Land jury (what an oxymoron, huh??)--but noooooo, another moronic jury was picked, again. How sad for Lana's familly and our justice system. I just hope they use whatever brains they have left when they go back into deliberations.

Posted at 12:20PM on Sep 19th 2007 by tss

105. I am not afraid of the jury system in L.A., but I am afraid of all the people in this forum, who think they know that Phil Spector is guilty, when they were not at the trial, and did not hear all of the evidence.

So what if the driver testified that Spector said that he just killed someone. That does not mean that Phil actually said it. The driver could have plenty of motivation to lie. People lie in court all the time; don’t you remember the debacle that was the O.J. trial? The only evidence that should be considered is the forensic evidence.

Phil Spector is the only person who knows what really happened that night, and he is not talking.

I do not know if Spector is innocent or guilty, but I do know that there is not enough forensic evidence to convict him.

All of you who think that you know Phil Spector is guilty, when you were not even at the trial are scary. In America, unlike France and other European countries, a person is innocent until proven guilty, because we would rather see a guilty man go free, than see an innocent man in jail.

It is absolutely horrendous that the prosecution is allowed to select the charge for this crime based upon what they think will get Phil Spector convicted, and not upon the facts of the crime. Shooting someone in the face is intent to kill, i.e. 1st degree murder, not 2nd degree “reckless heart” murder, or manslaughter.

Posted at 11:52PM on Sep 18th 2007 by Too Many Persians in L.A.

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