Just So Everybody Knows.

The jury in the Phil Spector case is at an impasse.

I don't understand people. This should be an easy conviction.

Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler announced the latest twist in the celebrity trial that has been a fixture in a high-security Los Angeles courtroom since April.

Though the jury is hung, officials are not giving up the possibility that a verdict might still be reached. The trial will resume Wednesday as the judge tries to reinstruct jurors on the law.

The jury, whose deliberations were in the seventh day, sent a note this morning to the court announcing that it appeared to be unable to resolve its deep fissure over whether Spector killed actress Lana Clarkson on Feb. 3, 2003.

Wearing a gray striped suit and a red tie, Spector sat at the defense table where he has been a fixture for more than five months. He appeared stunned, his hands shaking like they have so many times before in the trial.

The defense immediately asked for a mistrial, but Fidler rejected that move. He then sent the jury home to return on Wednesday.


Five idiots thought this bastard should get a "not guilty" verdict, while seven said no.

That's at least so far.

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