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Criminal

Aug. 4, 2007

Journalists Fight to Attend Jury Field Trip to Spector’s Home

Defense attorneys in the Phil Spector murder trial are clashing with First Amendment advocates over whether journalists should be allowed to accompany jurors on a field trip to the crime scene, the music producer's Alhambra mansion.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - First Amendment rights are squaring off against private right property rights as defense lawyers for Phil Spector are seeking to bar journalists from attending a jury field trip to the music producer's mansion where prosecutors allege he fatally shot actress Lana Clarkson.
      Media companies, including the Los Angeles Times and t...

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