Phil Spector
Months before Judge Fidler struggled with his "sua sponte" obligation to instruct the jury on the lesser-included charge of manslaughter, Dr. Anthony anticipated the judge's move and wrote about this exact dilemma on July 7, 2007, over two months before the September 18, 2007 event was shown on national television. On September 1, 2007, before the Spector jury began deliberations, Dr. Anthony shared with us his "insider" predictions and insights, including how some jurors would find themselves at loggerheads with one another BECAUSE the lesser-included charge would not be given. Trying to force these facts into either second degree murder or an outright acquittal is not unlike trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
