Spector To Be Retried?

The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial ended the suspense of whether the jury would find him guilty or not by declaring a mistrial yesterday. That raises the likelihood that there will be a second trial and this thing will drag on and on and on. I can't blame the jury for being unable to reach a decision. From what I've heard of testimony in the trial, and from what I've read about Spector (check out Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown) the guy had some anger and control issues that could have contributed to the scenario in which Lana Clarkson died. On the other hand, the defense introduced quite a bit of evidence to suggest that Clarkson was suicidal. Which side is right? I don't know, and I don't think I'd want to be on a panel deciding Spector's fate. The jurors have said this case had nothing to do with celebrity and there's no reason to doubt that. Frankly, "celebrity" is an odd word to be using with Spector who has been out of the spotlight for so many years that he's a mere shadow of what he once was. Spector's fame is based on work that largely took place before some of the jurors were even born, so they have no personal stake in who he is. There are just two people who know what really happened that night, and the one that isn't dead is hiding beneath a silly wig.