USA - Crime - Phil Spector Trial in Los Angeles - Week 21

Music producer Phil Spector leaves court and heads to his Mercedes Benz with personalized license plate, fuzzy dice on the rear view mirror, along with a little red devil air freshener. The deadlocked jury in Spector's second-degree murder trial will not be given the option of convicting the music producer of the lesser charge of manslaughter, the judge presiding over the case ruled today. The jury foreman said the nine-man, three-woman panel was split 7-5, without indicating which way the panel was leaning on the second-degree murder charge against Spector for the death of actress Lana Clarkson. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler said yesterday he was considering giving the jury the option of considering the lesser offense of manslaughter against Spector, but after hearing arguments from attorneys today, he decided against it. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)