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Phil Spector case goes to jury

Los Angeles -- The Los Angeles jury that heard Phil Spector's 5-month-long murder retrial began deliberations Thursday.


The Los Angeles Times said Spector faces a minimum of 18 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of an actress and club hostess.

The famed music producer's attorney has maintained that Lana Clarkson could have killed herself in Spector's Alhambra, Calif., home and that only reasonable doubt is required to acquit his client.

The Grammy Award-winning music producer's first trial ended in a hung jury and was declared a mistrial in September 2007. His second trial began in October.

Prosecutors in the second trial told jurors in closing arguments Monday that Spector was "a very dangerous man" who "has a history of playing Russian roulette with women."

Clarkson's film credits included "Barbarian Queen" and "Amazon Women on the Moon."

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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