Phil Spector murder retrial in hands of LA jury
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The murder case against music producer Phil Spector is in the hands of a California jury again.
The case was turned over to the Los Angeles Superior Court jury Thursday after the prosecution concluded a rebuttal to the defense closing arguments.
Spector is being retried on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson six years ago.
His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2007 with the majority favoring conviction. This time the jury has the option of considering a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Clarkson died of a gunshot fired inside her mouth as she sat in the foyer of Spector's home. The 40-year-old star of the cult film "Barbarian Queen" had met Spector hours earlier at her job as a hostess at the House of Blues.
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