No wonder Spector is sticking his finger up at the world! Seven days of deliberation and four rounds of voting and the jury is split 7 to 5 as to his guilt in the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson.
Why? Well it beats me. With Spector’s violent history against women, blood splatter analysis and more, it seems ludicrous that they would be at an impasse.
Judge Larry Fidler obviously can’t bare to sit through another trial so wants to add a new count, manslaughter, to the table. Manslaughter for sticking a gun in a woman’s mouth and cold bloodily shooting her. Right, and I’m the Queen of England.
So what now? Well the jury were given the afternoon/night off, and will come back today at 10am for more deliberations. But the Judge doesn’t seem to be in a positive mood about them resolving anything:
"Based on 25 years of experience, rereading reasonable doubt rarely has any positive impact," he said.
The Judge seems like he’s trying to cover his ass (excuse the French) as he disclosed to the court yesterday moments after learning of the deadlock that there is a 1999 case concerning a man who shot his wife at point-blank range and who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Thus he wants to re-open the trial again, allowing the jury another verdict and more testimony from both sides.
Bloody ridiculous! Talk about setting up one hell of an appeal case if Spector gets convicted of anything at this point! This is a totally different situation. Clarkson was more an acquaintance than a girlfriend, let alone a wife, hardily causing years of emotional stress and turmoil in another’s life to drive them to shoot her. It’s a pile of garbage if you ask me.
The icing on the cake is: Second-degree murder carries 15 years to life in prison. Involuntary manslaughter committed with a gun is punishable by 5 to 14 years.
What is the world coming to?! Shoot a woman in the mouth and get 5 to 14 years…. How bloody farcical. I’m going to be in a bad mood all day now……..
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