Spector gets 19 years to life for Clarkson’s death
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Music producer Phil Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
A Los Angeles judge sentenced Spector on Friday to 15 years to life for second-degree murder and four years for personal use of a gun. The judge is also ordering restitution payments.
A jury convicted the 69-year-old Spector in the fatal shooting of Clarkson at his home in 2003.
Spector plans an appeal.
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