Phil Spector Gets 19 Years To Life In The Murder Of Actress Lana Clarkson

More than six years since the February 3, 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson (pictured above top in a Reuters photo), Phil Spector (pictured above bottom in an AP photo) was finally sentenced for the crime on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Clarkson, who met Spector on the night of her murder, was shot to death in the foyer of Spector’s mansion. Spector, who had a long history of abusive treatment of women as well as a history of recklessly waving firearms around, received a sentence of 15 years to life for the murder charge and four years for the firearms charge.

Spector’s first murder trial, in 2007, was declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Spector will not be eligible for parole until he is 88 years old. Good riddance to old garbage!

Lana Clarkson’s mother, Donna Clarkson, who attended both trials and the sentencing, has filed a wrongful death suit against Spector, which will proceed in civil court.

Spector produced some of the greatest musical artists of the second half of the twentieth century, including The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner, The Beatles, and The Ramones. Tales of bizarre behavior have circulated around Spector for years, and culminated in the cold-blooded killing of Lana Clarkson in 2003.

Spector plans an appeal.

Fore more on the sad saga of Phil Spector, see the articles from BBC 6 Music and the Los Angeles Times.

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