Phil Spector trial: day 56

The defense in the Phil Spector murder trial today said the prosecutions testimony was not enough to convict the music producer of murder.

In her second day of summation, defense lawyer Linda Kenney-Baden said that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Spector was guilty of killing actress Lana Clarkson at his Alhambra mansion in February 2003.

Baden-Kenney again referred to “scientific evidence”, saying there was none to support his guilt. ”The absence of evidence means the government cannot prove its case," she said. "This case exemplifies reasonable doubt, “ says the Los Angeles Times.

Baden-Kenney today reiterated the defenses claim that the blood spatter on Spector’s jacket showed he was too far from Clarkson to have pulled the trigger and that there was no DNA from Spector on the gun.

Baden-Kenney said : "The scientific evidence that we do have conclusively shows that Phillip did not kill Lana Clarkson.”

Baden-Kenney again appealed to the jury to look at the scientific facts, claiming that the prosecution were playing into the jurors’ emotions with testimonies from five women who say Spector had previously threatened them with guns.

Baden-Kenney said the prosecution “want you to hate Phil Spector and they want you to make a huge leap from saying he is a bad person so he must have killed Lana Clarkson because the science doesn't support the facts."

She also said that ’s chauffeur Adriano DeSouza words were “simply misused” when he said he heard Spector say “I think I killed somebody”.

The prosecution’s rebuttal later in the day centered on Spector’s “staging” of the crime scene where they say he planted the gun near Clarkson to make it seem as though she shot herself.

Dixon said that Spector even tried to press the gun into the dead actress’s hand.

The case is expected to be handed over to the jury for deliberation next week.

--By our New York staff.
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