The trial just started, more than four years after B-movie actress Lana Clarkson was killed in Phil Spector's home outside of Los Angeles on February 3, 2003. This celebrity court case will determine if pioneering rock producer Phil...
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The trial just started, more than four years after B-movie actress Lana Clarkson was killed in Phil Spector's home outside of Los Angeles on February 3, 2003. This celebrity court case will determine if pioneering rock producer Phil Spector was guilty of the murder.
Music producer Phil Spector, surrounded by his defense team, looks back to the gallery during closing arguments in the retrial murder case of Spector at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on March 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Spector, 67, is accused of fatally shooting 40-year-old Lana Clarkson in February 2003. The first trial for this murder was declared a mistrial in September 26, 2007. (Photo by Lawrence K. Ho-Pool/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Phil Spector... Read Full Story
By: Ellie Kam on December 3rd, 2009 at5:55 pm
Prison officials reportedly let Phil Spector out of jail yesterday to give him the opportunity to get some work done on his pearly whites.
The murderous producer reportedly paid out of pocket for all of the the transportation and security costs involved in his trip to his personal dentist in Toluca Lake, California. Immediately after his treatment, Phil was transported back to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
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Phil Spector, the fright-haired music producer, was convicted in April 2009 for the second-degree murder of Lana Clarkson, a struggling actress who died of a gunshot wound in Spector’s Los Angeles home in February 2003. The 69-year-old Spector, who faces 15 years in prison, is pictured below in a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department mug shot.
Music producer/killer Phil Spector was photographed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in June 2009. Unlike his prior... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector says life behind bars is driving him "insane". "This 24/7 lockdown life is slowly driving me insane and killing (me)," Spector, 69, wrote in a letter to a fan that was posted online on Friday. Spector, who revolutionized pop music in the 1960s with his "Wall of Sound" production technique, was convicted in April of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson and later sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in prison. In the... Read Full Story
Music legend and convicted murderer Phil Spector, who complained recently about his prison quarters but later said he wanted to stay put, is being moved to make room for inmates requiring outpatient mental health treatment, a corrections spokeswoman said Tuesday. "It's not about Spector. It's about getting services to other inmates," said California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton. Spector and other prisoners will be going to Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga... Read Full Story
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May 30, 2009
Music Producer Phil Spector Gets Max Sentence For Murder of Lana Clarkson. It took two trials for the verdict of the maximum sentence of 19 years to life for the murder six years ago of actress Lana Clarkson.
The first murder trial in 2007 ended in a mistrial as jurors couldn’t reach a verdict.
Phil Spector, who is now 69, sat slumped over... Read Full Story
Music producer Phil Spector's transfer to a different prison has been halted, but the prison and Spector's wife are giving different reasons for the reversal. Spector and his wife said Friday that they made special appeals based on his physical ailments to keep him from being moved to Pleasant Valley State Prison. They believe officials heeded their pleas. But a prison spokesman, who confirmed speaking with Spector's wife, says the action was business as usual, and that the prison system... Read Full Story
Legendary music producer Phil Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering an actress at his Los Angeles mansion six years ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler on Friday sentenced 69-year-old Spector to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder, plus another four years enhancement for personal use of a gun. Spector, who created the famed "Wall of Sound" recording technique during the 1960s, was charged for the 2003... Read Full Story
Legendary music producer Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering an actress at his Los Angeles mansion six years ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler sentenced 69-year-old Spector to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder, plus another four years enhancement for personal use of a gun. Spector, who created the famed "Wall of Sound" recording technique during the 1960s, was charged for the 2003 killing of... Read Full Story
Rachelle Spector will turn 29 next week, a pretty woman living alone in a 35-room Pyrenees-style castle while the lord of the manor — music producer Phil Spector — sits in prison. Her story might seem the subject of a perverse fairy tale if it was not part of one of the strangest true crime sagas in show business. Through two trials in which she was ordered to stay mum, Spector's wife has remained an enigma. She sat down this week for an interview with The Associated Press about her past... Read Full Story
