Spector jury set to resume deliberation

The jury that heard Phil Spector’s re-trial in the death of Lana Clarkson is set to resume deliberation this week, the Los Angeles court calendar indicates.

The famous music producer’s 5-month-long re-trial went to the jury last week. Spector faces a minimum of 18 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of Clarkson, an actress and club hostess.

His attorney has maintained that Clarkson could have killed herself in Spector’s Alhambra, Calif., home and that only reasonable doubt is required to acquit his client.

Spector’s first trial ended in a hung jury and was declared a mistrial in September 2007. His second trial began in October.

The panel hearing his re-trial had its first full day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict and is scheduled to begin again Wednesday, KSBW in Salinas, Calif., reported.