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Good morning. CW requested a new thread for this morning so here ya go.
When does jury selection begin?
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10-01-2008, 10:09 AM
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Good morning. CW requested a new thread for this morning so here ya go.
When does jury selection begin?
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Good Morning, Kara. I've been reading a British news site and saw this:
In downtown Los Angeles, 500 people have been gathering in the Criminal Justice Centre this week as part of the preliminary screening process to find the 12 who will sit on the jury for the trial of Spector for the murder of the actress Lana Clarkson.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main...spector101.xml
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~Phil Spector on trial for MURDER- again ~
Kennedy06 has asked me to bring this over from the old thread...being a fall baby definitely shows me to be an air sign. Forgot to start a new thread..thanks Kara..
Frankie I know this is the same link that you posted...but a good thing does bear repeating....and Mick Brown is a good writer...so..from the old link earlier this morning..
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I know this is not news to us..my title is the way Mick Brown has his latest bit of news headlined in the UK. A good read for us addicts, if nothing else, to shore up our strength and energy for the next trial this fall.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main...spector101.xml
The author states that Mr. Spector is preparing to face the music once again. IT promises to be as lurid as the original. IT talks about the jury from last year's mistrial and it also talks about how the defense TRIED to paint Lana Clarkson in a less than positive light. Many good facts are discussed. I do have to wonder from the article.....the question by the judge. "WHY IS BOB HERE?" must have been an ice breaker at one of the pretrial hearings.
and so it begins......
~ as always, my opinion, Justice for Lana and those who love her ~
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10-01-2008, 10:55 AM
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that link says my request is not available....
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I am not sure why...I have it up on my screen from earlier this morning......maybe the site is having problems. I will keep on trying too...I am sorry...
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10-01-2008, 11:16 AM
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Thank you Frankiebones for your link and post and to Tartangirl for being so gracious as to move her post over at my request, prior to Frankie's post. All appreciated!!
After reading the link I see PS's wife's act of celebration that day, after the mistrial, is still widely remembered. I have to laugh as some describe it as they seen it that day on the video. They don't mince words. I do have a little different opinion or thought. I do wonder if it was actually him or his wallet she was aiming for.
I look forward to kipswife postings. I didn't realize untill I read this link that the process had already started. I can honestly say I feel strangely nervous for everyone the witnesses, The Clarkson family and PS's family. I can't imagine what AD and the PBA's and the others have gone through just thinking about returning to the stand.
JMO as always
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You saved the day...nothing like trying to show good information to people and then have it not be available..thank you for going the extra mile...
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10-01-2008, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankieBones1
Good Morning, Kara. I've been reading a British news site and saw this:
In downtown Los Angeles, 500 people have been gathering in the Criminal Justice Centre this week as part of the preliminary screening process to find the 12 who will sit on the jury for the trial of Spector for the murder of the actress Lana Clarkson.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main...spector101.xml
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Thanks for your response and the link Frankie! I'm still trying to find out if ktla will be streaming the trial or not. I love Marta and Loni but if ktla doesn't want to provide commentary I'll settle for a pure stream.
I'm sure a lot of the evidence will remain the same as the first trial. Usually retrials are streamlined but I'm not sure that will happen in this case given Spector's resources....
What do y'all think?
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10-02-2008, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Guernica
You read Sprocket's blog from 9/25, right? There's a very brief update in her 9/26 entries that because of the very poor economy, lack of interest, and basically watching a re-run, there will be limited coverage.
I believe KTLA's coverage of the original trial consisted of somehow linking/utilizing CNN's cameras and paying a fee to show it in full. I don't think that KTLA (Channel 5 in Los Angeles) has the resources/personnel to shell out the estimated $30,000 per month on their own to provide 100% coverage.
Please post if you hear/read an update and hope this info is not too redundant.
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According to Marta and Loni, on 9/26, they said there will be a pool camera in the courtroom to cover proceedings. I asked them yesterday if ktla will be streaming and if they will be commenting but they don't know the answer to that yet.
I love Sprocket's commentary, but I suspect that Loni and Marta might be in a position to have access to more accurate info.
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10-02-2008, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Kara
According to Marta and Loni, on 9/26, they said there will be a pool camera in the courtroom to cover proceedings. I asked them yesterday if ktla will be streaming and if they will be commenting but they don't know the answer to that yet.
I love Sprocket's commentary, but I suspect that Loni and Marta might be in a position to have access to more accurate info.
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Thanks Kara for asking them. That makes the 2nd good questioned asked of them yesterday
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10-02-2008, 10:33 AM
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Thanks for your response and the link Frankie! I'm still trying to find out if ktla will be streaming the trial or not. I love Marta and Loni but if ktla doesn't want to provide commentary I'll settle for a pure stream.
I'm sure a lot of the evidence will remain the same as the first trial. Usually retrials are streamlined but I'm not sure that will happen in this case given Spector's resources....
What do y'all think?
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Streamlined possibly but, I would think PS would allow nothing less than a vigorous defense of him by his new attorney DW. While the very first jury vote last time didn't really fair well for either side, the last jury vote was just 2 short of him receiving a prison sentence. If I understand correctly AJ will have a new attorney at his side (don't quote me!) T. Do, so while there maybe the same witnesses and evidence to examine for the most part, it will be done with a couple of new fresh energized attorneys with their own style and ideas.
Another way of looking at it is AJ was 2 votes short of winning that case. He was so close in the end to winning that case for the state. He basically took on a table of how many present in the courtroom defense attorney. While he had had the help of PD and help behind the scenes I realize, he was pretty amazing to watch and I expect nothing less from him this time. So streamlined maybe but, I think it will be as intense as the first trial. JMO
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10-02-2008, 12:19 PM
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How diminished my world is since last year. Court TV no longer exists.
Is KTLA going to broadcast the trial? Is there a feed anywhere?
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10-02-2008, 05:33 PM
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Ps
Can anyone tell me when Specter trial start?
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10-02-2008, 05:39 PM
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What ever happend to JW,for shooting his driver?
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10-02-2008, 07:02 PM
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Do you think anyone will write a book about Lana's life and career?
Not just her death.
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Doubt it. jmo
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10-02-2008, 11:36 PM
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Doubt it. jmo 
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I must agree. If someone were going to do it...and for an "impact", I think it would have been attempted already. (no doubt unsuccessfully) If there is one written about her death - it would be more about PS, I'd think, but maybe not..just a few chapters (or one big one) about that aspect, or a psychological type of writing about how difficult Hollywood can be and the people who fall into it's traps, so to speak - perhaps she as the "title" person, but including so many others, who either died at their own hands intentionally or uncontrollably, or by underhanded means (corporate or otherwise), or by pure unfortunate circumstances or "accident", or a "romantic/nostalgic" comparison of her death (even if never truly "decided" in a court of law") to others similar to her. It could be a "tear jerker" and a "wake up call" to those who yearn to be stars, take risks, get taken for granted, struggle, and in the end..no one really really knows what happened..as to why they are no longer with us. (leaving a lot out for space and irritation perhaps from other posters about my "expounding" on things! forgive me!)
She may be mentioned in books...about the Barbarian Queen, etc. and actually, I think that is a possibility...someone wanting to 'cash in' a bit on his or her fav kind of flicks and when this trial is over, having that chapter/section "dedicated or about" Lana Clarkson - who was a victim (or legally considered not?? depending on the outcome). But, if this case turns up to be a conviction for PS, it just may happen..if the Clarkson's don't try to stop it. I don't know them..but the sense I get from this past year, plus, is that they aren't out for notariety but they just want "justice" and most definitely "closure". I could see a book entitled "God Save the Queen"...but it's a bit late to publish that.
I do think, however, that if PS is found guilty, there will be a book or books written...about him..his career, bringing up his favourable and not favourable events in books already written, including his involvement in this case..an only imagine some "Titles" in that instance.
And maybe even if he isn't found guilty but is either aquitted or still "hung" there will publications of some sort, maybe a book? dunno. I'd wager Chelle might want to write one if that's the case. Might even sell (as opposed to cell). Or I could see one written "How to get off When your "Off""?
Or another...as one esteemed poster has as a Signature Line "Don't Go"..NOW...that Title I would love to see in a book...NOT just about Lana Clarkson...but about a "warning of sorts"...you can take you life in your own hands and go out there to push your career..but Beware.
Someone may publish a book or article on the "watchings/attending" the trial..either PS1 or 2 or both.
jmo
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10-03-2008, 09:06 PM
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Hello All,
Sorry, my home PC is still down 
but parts on the way
If anyone should hear about any books regarding this trial or any of those involved, please let us all know.
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10-04-2008, 02:04 AM
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Hello All,
Sorry, my home PC is still down 
but parts on the way
If anyone should hear about any books regarding this trial or any of those involved, please let us all know.
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Oh..if I only had the time and resources, I'd write one..getting it published would be a nightmare!
idea...go to circuitcity or staples and the like..with the economy now..prices will be waayyyy down! Might make more sense to buy a "new" one than fix the old one..truly.
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10-04-2008, 02:31 AM
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Since the OJ verdict is comming in before Spector 2 starts I hope we will get KTLA coverage.
JMHO
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10-04-2008, 03:29 AM
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Lonnie and Marta just said that the PS trial will not be televised! 
There is no interest in it!
Cameras will be allowed, but no one plans to film it.
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10-04-2008, 03:42 AM
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Lonnie and Marta just said that the PS trial will not be televised! 
There is no interest in it!
Cameras will be allowed, but no one plans to film it.
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Well, I guess we can blame the economy but I blame those who destroyed the concept of televised trial coverage a year ago.
I hope they have gotten rich. Well that's a lie. I'm really hoping they are scraping to get by and fail in the coming economic downturn.
I never watch the network anymore, not even for the six hours of lip service they give to trial coverage during the day, which is just not enough to keep an audience. I found myself getting so angry every day at 3 o'clock when the network would switch to reruns that I simply stayed away. I hope I stayed away in droves.
I know this note will get me kicked from these boards but I'm not really worried. Nothing here for me anymore anyway.
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10-04-2008, 07:05 AM
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It would seem from here
http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/
Yesterday, it was agreed that the kick off of voir dire would be moved back one week from October 14th to October 20th, to give counsel more time to review the jurors responses.
that the trial has gone back another week. Perhaps PS wants to spend Christmas at the castle?
The link from tartangirl
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...ANymg8GNcrBunw
didn't mention the change. It did mention JF saying that
no one, including him, would know the prospective jurors' names.
"It's being done to protect your privacy, primarily from the media," he told the first group of potential panelists.
Given the absolute lack of interest from the media - it hardly seems necessary.
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Oh..if I only had the time and resources, I'd write one..getting it published would be a nightmare!
idea...go to circuitcity or staples and the like..with the economy now..prices will be waayyyy down! Might make more sense to buy a "new" one than fix the old one..truly.
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Yea, I am happy to say, it did not cost me anything other then time and a lot of patients to get my PC back up and running
I also refused to do a Format/Reload.
Well, at least when the new parts arrive, things will get a lot faster and some Sims will look a lot better
Right now, I'm just glad I can now keep up on th news and this Message Board while I'm not at work again
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10-04-2008, 11:43 AM
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Oh..if I only had the time and resources, I'd write one..getting it published would be a nightmare!
idea...go to circuitcity or staples and the like..with the economy now..prices will be waayyyy down! Might make more sense to buy a "new" one than fix the old one..truly.
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That's a good idea, but I'll wait a bit more. Hope to catch the computers at rock bottom. Might as well spend the little I have. It isn't going to last long anyway. At least between now and D(isaster) day, I can get in some fun gaming time, if I can't watch the Spector retrial.
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Well, I guess we can blame the economy but I blame those who destroyed the concept of televised trial coverage a year ago.
I hope they have gotten rich. Well that's a lie. I'm really hoping they are scraping to get by and fail in the coming economic downturn.
I never watch the network anymore, not even for the six hours of lip service they give to trial coverage during the day, which is just not enough to keep an audience. I found myself getting so angry every day at 3 o'clock when the network would switch to reruns that I simply stayed away. I hope I stayed away in droves.
I know this note will get me kicked from these boards but I'm not really worried. Nothing here for me anymore anyway.
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I hope that you do not get kicked off. I feel we lost it all when we lost Court TV last year. jmo
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Oh..if I only had the time and resources, I'd write one..getting it published would be a nightmare!
idea...go to circuitcity or staples and the like..with the economy now..prices will be waayyyy down! Might make more sense to buy a "new" one than fix the old one..truly.
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I never thought about writing one LOL I can barely write a post
I only spent money on one book about him. Ronnie's I checked out at the library. If the powers that be think there is no interest in his retrial, I can't imagine anyone would think there is much interest in another book exploring his past again. I guess there could be exceptions if there was really something new.
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10-04-2008, 03:38 PM
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What ever happend to JW,for shooting his driver?
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I noticed his name was brought up in the OJ thread today or yesterday by another poster. Is there something about his case and the PS case you find similar or something??
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10-04-2008, 03:50 PM
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I hope that you do not get kicked off. I feel we lost it all when we lost Court TV last year. jmo 
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I felt bad about it also SPF8. Then again the only real change I have noticed besides Vinnie being gone is I have started to watch a few trials only to find out they were past trials. I can't keep up no cameras, maybe cameras, coverage, maybe, maybe not, some, none! I guess we will take what we can get. I loose interest now and then but then for example after seeing the picture on yahoo news of PS and his wife arriving at the courthouse, my interest returns.
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I never watch the network anymore, not even for the six hours of lip service they give to trial coverage during the day, which is just not enough to keep an audience. I found myself getting so angry every day at 3 o'clock when the network would switch to reruns that I simply stayed away. I hope I stayed away in droves.
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Neither do I, Kath. My husband doesn't know what to tease me about anymore.
No Jamie Floyd has been great for my blood pressure!
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Gotta have hope~ it floats afterall~.
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I felt bad about it also SPF8. Then again the only real change I have noticed besides Vinnie being gone is I have started to watch a few trials only to find out they were past trials. I can't keep up no cameras, maybe cameras, coverage, maybe, maybe not, some, none! I guess we will take what we can get. I loose interest now and then but then for example after seeing the picture on yahoo news of PS and his wife arriving at the courthouse, my interest returns.
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I have felt the same way. While saddened by the loss of CourtTV, I have hope somewhere in this glass half full attitude of mine that we will be able to see the Spector trial this second time around. I am not talking bits and pieces, I have faith the whole trial will be brought to us. No evidence of this mind you, just blind faith.
From reading here and there it is very obvious that Alan Jackson will have his able hands full this next year with PS2 and the case of Kazuyoshi Miura. I, like many others, would love to be able to see how he uses his skills and great mind to handle both these intense and very interesting cases at the same time.
My interest in the Spector case has deepened as time has passed. It has not wavered or diminished in any way. Many people want to see this trial again and to see this case to the justice it so deserves.
I just keep on keepin' on with the emails and letters and maybe someone will step up to make it all possible...gotta have hope 
~ as always, my opinion, Justice for Lana and those who love her ~
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10-04-2008, 04:35 PM
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KathR,
You said nothing in your comment to get kicked off the board. Fred Graham was the last person who cared. With the sale of Court-TV to Ted Turners TBS, they took a already proven product with a following and turned it into "Reality" entertainment for the masses. Do not let the chum spreaders win. Stay and post your opinions, it will drive them nuts.
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What i can't understand is why this new network goes through the charade of pretending to give trial coverage. Do they have some contractual obligation to do so?
Someone said it would cost $30,000 to televise the Spector trial. Considering that the trial will probably last at least a month, isn't that a small amount to pay for 5 days a week of 8 hours a day live television?
I guess understanding the economics of canceling one of the best things available in the broadcast world is beyond me. Is it really much cheaper to rerun old true crime shows and share the advertising dollars with ID, WE, and a couple of other cable networks.
I can always find something else to watch on cable tv. I can find dozens of channels that sell garbage. I can find five or six devoted to exercising. I can find two or three featuring animals (btw, I love Animal Planet). There's a network for the weather and a network for climate control. But we no longer have a network for trial coverage. Why?
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What i can't understand is why this new network goes through the charade of pretending to give trial coverage. Do they have some contractual obligation to do so?
Someone said it would cost $30,000 to televise the Spector trial. Considering that the trial will probably last at least a month, isn't that a small amount to pay for 5 days a week of 8 hours a day live television?
I guess understanding the economics of canceling one of the best things available in the broadcast world is beyond me. Is it really much cheaper to rerun old true crime shows and share the advertising dollars with ID, WE, and a couple of other cable networks.
I can always find something else to watch on cable tv. I can find dozens of channels that sell garbage. I can find five or six devoted to exercising. I can find two or three featuring animals (btw, I love Animal Planet). There's a network for the weather and a network for climate control. But we no longer have a network for trial coverage. Why?
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and if they won't pay for a trial like spector.......does that mean we won't really see anymore BIG cases? i have to tell you i'm heart broken we won't see this trial. i've waited a whole year for this one.......
At this point i have a feeling there will never be Justice for Lana.
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After posting on another thread on this PS board. Have others of you thought about his running at her and that is how he possibly got the blood spatter on one side of his jacket????? Where would he have been running from to get to her and if that was a possibility why didn't she just leave while he was at this place or distance to have to run to get to her? Could she not leave? So many possible stories
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Lonnie and Marta just said that the PS trial will not be televised! 
There is no interest in it!
Cameras will be allowed, but no one plans to film it.
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Don't you know that bit of bad news just hit ole Phil right in the ego!
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After posting on another thread on this PS board. Have others of you thought about his running at her and that is how he possibly got the blood spatter on one side of his jacket????? Where would he have been running from to get to her and if that was a possibility why didn't she just leave while he was at this place or distance to have to run to get to her? Could she not leave? So many possible stories
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Gee, in the 35 Years that I've known him, I've never seen him run to anything or to anyone for any reason.
To imply that he was running towards anyone would imply that he either cared or was concerned for someone else's well-being, which is something else I don't think I've ever seen him do so I really can't comment with my views of my father running towards Lana, I just do not see that ever happening.
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Gee, in the 35 Years that I've known him, I've never seen him run to anything or to anyone for any reason.
To imply that he was running towards anyone would imply that he either cared or was concerned for someone else's well-being, which is something else I don't think I've ever seen him do so I really can't comment with my views of my father running towards Lana, I just do not see that ever happening. 
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Maybe he became more athletic since you last seen him.
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After my reply to Jayne's thread I thought maybe I should post my reply over here also. I will admit I think I may have misunderstood some of her finer points of her well thought out post but, I do have some food for thought. Thanks
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Are you suggesting some sort of reverse discrimintation against PS because of his wealth and eccentric ways that they have already considered him guilty and not worth their time????
To be honest I consider the no interest comments by the media to be an insult to the memory of Lana C and to Phil's celebrity status. I post about the memory of Lana very respectfully.
He didn't grow up in Beverly Hills or the Castle he started off like most in modest surroundings. So if that is your angle your way off base this case isn't about money and who he can hire it is about him fighting for the best defense he can afford. He earned the money and the accolades. That shouldn't be held against him. On the other side no matter who he is or how much money he may have accumulated over the years he deserves the same vigorous prosecution as any lowlife gang member on the streets of Alhambra that is involved with a shooting.
Just because he is a man of wealth and leisure I think he deserves the same type of coverage as Joe 6 pack would. He is still relevant, heck I just looked over at youtube there are 2 newly added videos, one quite well done and complimentary I believe of him and the other well, while very dark in its satire of him and tacky at best. The second one they actually wrote a weird song about him. Even if its NOT my cup of tea, I think it DOES show he and this case are still relevant and still show that even as of yesterday he is still being thought about in different venues. Maybe not our way of expressing interest but, in their own way of supporting or whatever about him.
I agree with your comment about those being able to view our discussions without real expense to them but recompense.
Comparing his trial to OJ's first trial, at least one victim was known to the accused in this case she was a perfect stranger to him. It makes it even more of an interesting case to me. We may not have had a glove don't fit moment but, who knows with this next trial, for either side. That is a curious point you pointed out about the kidnapping charge!! She was sitting there in the chair with her purse straps on her, obviously waiting to leave.
He should have stuck with Shapiro, look what he did for OJ in his first trial. I can't help but wonder if he doesn't regret that decision now.
I have tried to picture him running towards her as you suggested but wouldn't he have to had been running sideways at her to only get the blood on one side of his ladies coat???? That would be awkward where would he have been running from? The bathroom, the couch??
This trial has more angles to it, it is hard to keep up with them all. If what the defense has tried to say she searched and found a gun then it is kind of a frightening idea that you would have to watch any guest that comes to your home.
I would think those that thought JF was unfair to PS would be those that would fight the hardest to get coverage. It is one thing for a few the courtroom to see and hear and know of rulings but it is another for the world to see!!
JMO as always
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10-05-2008, 11:47 PM
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went to jury selection
hey everyone,
i just got back from LA and went to the jury selection on friday morning. i did see PS and his wifey, the judge, the DA, the whole courtroom. will fill in the details tomorrow. it was great. i was the only one in the courtroom when PS walked in.
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10-06-2008, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by kipswife
hey everyone,
i just got back from LA and went to the jury selection on friday morning. i did see PS and his wifey, the judge, the DA, the whole courtroom. will fill in the details tomorrow. it was great. i was the only one in the courtroom when PS walked in.
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Do look forward to hearing your news  - If you were alone when PS arrived - that may be why there is no-one wanting to film the trial - did any media turn up?
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10-06-2008, 11:58 AM
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Thank you Kath for the link on the links thread to the picture of PS and her arriving at the courthouse. I had seen it but didn't link to it. I'm glad you did!
He almost looks like he has developed freckles on that pictue and his hue of his hair looks sort of reddish now. Maybe it was just something with the photo. I also see he likes to wear the rubber bracelets.
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jury selection
morning all,
so going to court was amazing. i took notes so i will rewrite them for you and add other thoughts in as i go. feel free to ask questions, maybe i will be able to answer them.
I got up early on friday morning and got a ride downtown ( about ten blocks from my hotel ) to the Stanley Moss courthouse. I go inside and take the elevator to the top floor which is only the sixth floor. After wandering around the sixth, fifth, and fourth floor, i finally found someone to ask and was told i was in the wrong courthouse. GREAT....i needed to go outside and over two blocks. cool...i can do that, good thing i got there by 8:30 so i had time.
I get to the criminal courthouse and so through sercurity, find the elevator with a hundred other people and take it to the 9th floor. there is another sercurity checkpoint on the 9th floor and the guards there are very helpful. they point me to Judge Filder courtroom. I am so excited. as i go down the hallway, i see about 100 or so perspective jurors. many different types of people, all ages, sizes, race. it was quite a selection of the population of LA. I am now standing in front of the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Larry Paul Fidler. I open the door and go in. WOW. room holds about 80 people, seems larger on TV. there are 2 other people in the gallery, who have other business with the court before juror selection starts. it is about 9:15 now. we are suppose to start about 10 am.
there are four rows of seats and i am sitting at the end of the third row so when PS walks in, he will have to walk within 3 feet of me. so will everyone else for that matter. so i sit now and wait. there is the judge's bench up there. this really is great. i see a different chair up at the defense table....didnt PS have a special type of chair?
someone just brought in a huge stack of papers....atleast 15 inches tall. I hear them say that they are the questions for the panel. just the first panel. i see a box of questions on the outside table and sneak a peak at them. pretty general questions....didnt get to look at them for long. should have taken one. people in the courtroom now are the baliff, who is a big fellow, the court clerk who is named wendy and the stenograhper who's forearm is covered with a tattoo.
I see the judge...he just walked out to sign some papers. he is quite handsome...but i do have a thing for a shiny head. he signed some papers and went back to chambers. i justed walked out to the little girls room and the hallway is now packed with people,
judge is now on the bench for another matter. takes two minutes and the only other person in the gallery is now leaving. i am now sitting alone here. no PS yet, no AJ yet. it is now 9:45. just heard the clerk say that they expect the trial to be over by late Jan.
Ladies and Gentlemen............PS has just walked into the courtroom with two bodyguards and the wifey. he is walking right towards me, he has to turn next to me. i am the only person in the room. when he looked at me it was like he was either trying to figure out if he had seem me before or knew me. i never took my eyes away from his. his expression is blank. he is a strange looking guy. not much taller than me and i am only 5'3" on a tall day. he is dressed in a dark suit (very nice one) with a bright white shirt and a white silk tie. great two tone shoes. wifey sits in the front row across from my section. not much to say about her....will leave it at that for now. wifey ask PS if he would like some coffee, he answered with a raspy voice. wifey and bodyguard leave room to go get coffee. PS's lawyers arrive...dont recognize anyone of them. two women and one man. maybe one of the women is jury selection person.
So now i am just sitting here and PS is just feet from me....why, why did Lana go home with him. he is soooooo creepy, even when he smiles. i am still the only person in the gallery. PS stares at me and I dont look away. no way will i look away from this creep...he doesnt scare me. he is pityfull, really. PS sits slumped in his chair, his arms are hanging down the outside of the chair, shoulders slumped too. His chair is actually facing me, so if he looks up I am what he sees. I am always looking at him, just so he knows he is a freak show to watch.
got to take rest from typing.....will take a five minute break
stay tune
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