# Phil Spector guilty of 2nd degree murder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989 "2009-04-13T21:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/1 "2009-04-13T21:33:55Z")
[Link](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Jury-Reaches-Verdict-in-Spector-Case.html) > [@](#): > > Music producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the February 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. > > Jurors also found Spector personally used the firearm in the commission of the crime. I hope the asshole never gets out of prison. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/2 "2009-04-13T21:38:50Z")
I believe the technical term for what Phil Spector was (and evidently is), is “batshit bonkers”, so I can’t say I’m surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/3 "2009-04-13T21:56:20Z")
It gives me hope that the jury didn’t swallow the BS the defense was slinging. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/4 "2009-04-13T22:09:06Z")
> [@nbclosangeles.com](#): > > The judge denied bail and Spector, wearing a fire-engine red tie and pocket square, was taken into custody after the verdict was announced. Doesn’t that seem like kind of an odd detail to include? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/5 "2009-04-13T22:14:06Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Doesn’t that seem like kind of an odd detail to include? Yeah. Kind of. I just figured it was because he’s often kind of odd in the way he dresses/appears. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/6 "2009-04-13T22:17:03Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah. Kind of. I just figured it was because he’s often kind of odd in the way he dresses/appears. …and acts. If you read some of the things he did during his sessions in the '60’s you’d figure this guy was nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/7 "2009-04-13T22:21:11Z")
> [@Doug\_Bowe](#): > > …and acts. If you read some of the things he did during his sessions in the '60’s you’d figure this guy was nuts. Just the sixties? Let’s not forget all that 70s/80s gunplay. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/8 "2009-04-13T22:27:37Z")
Couldn’t happen to a weirder murderer. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/492989/9 "2009-04-14T20:50:29Z")
That’s one spooky looking killer too.