The list of murderers off the hook has now grown to 3 with the mistrial of Phil Specter yesterday which puts him in the select class of notorious double murderer and now accused armed robber OJ Simpson, and then Mr "don't do the crime if you can't do the time" himself, Robert Blake. (for you youngsters out there, Mr Blake coined that phrase in the seventies during his famous run on the television series Baretta which gave him his "hall pass" to murder and not be ultimately held responsible for it)As we know all the piddly LA county celebrity involved drug charges and DUI cases out there are simply too long to list here, but we do know that those charged for those offenses also fall under the blanket Hollywood rule as well, particularly after the Hilton, Lohan and Ritchie brat pack episodes of late.
How great it must be to be a celebrity nowadays when one can commit most crimes and walk free as a jaybird after usually a joke of a trial in order to make people think that they are being treated like everyone else, when in fact they are simply there to provide fodder for the newest celebrity class; The Court TV and cable television pundits job description spawned and created during the Juice's infamously pathetic trial of the century.
Otherwise known as The Greta Van Sustern and Nancy Grace school of crimo-journalism, which can be helpful at rare times in criminal cases but mostly overkill (aka Natalie Holloway, Anna Nicole etc) to fill those 24 hour news channels in off hours.
Specter however will have to dig a little deeper for a second trial according to the losers in the case the California DA's office as the first ones' ratings were so good apparently for their exposure levels!
Another question is how does the state justify having two chances at a conviction when they so badly f**k up a case like this, one where a witness (his limo driver) actually states in trial testimony that Specter came out of the house after the shooting admitting he "may have just killed somebody". That's called Marcia-Clark-itis which occurs when incompetent prosecutors, often times a female are allowed anywhere near high profile murder cases like this one.
DA: Phil Spector Will Face Retrial -
Entertainment News Story - KNBC | Los Angeles: "Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler declared a mistrial after jurors told him they were deadlocked, 10-2. KNBC's Doug Kriegel reported that the 10-2 split was in favor of conviction. 'At this time, I will find that the jury is unable to arrive at a verdict and declare a mistrial in this matter,' the judge said." continued here
Video: Jurors React
Video, PM Report: Judge Declares Mistrial
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