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Phil Spector's prison mug shot, taken June 5, shows him without a hairpiece.
Spector, 69, is being held at North Kern State Prison, where he is being evaluated before receiving a permanent prison assignment, corrections spokesman Gordon Hinkle said. The process could take up to 70 days.
The mug shot, which shows a bald-pated Spector, was taken on June 5 as part of the routine intake process.
California prison inmates are not permitted to wear wigs under Title 15, Article 5, Section 3062 of the state's prison regulations, which addresses inmate hygiene. Corrections officials also are concerned that wigs can be used to hide contraband.
A judge in Los Angeles sentenced Spector last month to the maximum sentence for second-degree murder in the February 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.
Spector, 69, won't be eligible for parole until he is 88 years old.
Clarkson, 40, was found dead, slumped in a chair in the foyer of Spector's Alhambra mansion with a gunshot wound through the roof of her mouth. View a timeline of the case ยป
Spector's retrial began in October and ended in April. It took jurors 30 hours to convict him.
His first murder trial in 2007 ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of conviction after 15 days of deliberations.
Clarkson starred in the 1985 B-movie "Barbarian Queen" and appeared in many other films, including "Deathstalker," "Blind Date," "Scarface," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and the spoof "Amazon Women on the Moon." She was working as a VIP hostess at Hollywood's House of Blues at the time of her death.
At both trials, Spector's attorneys argued Clarkson was depressed over a recent breakup and her flagging Hollywood career. They said she grabbed a .38-caliber pistol and killed herself while at Spector's home.
But prosecution witnesses painted Spector as a gun-toting menace. Five women took the stand and testified he threatened them with firearms. His driver testified he heard a loud noise and saw Spector leave the home, pistol in hand, saying, "I think I killed somebody."
Spector's professional trademark was the "Wall of Sound," the layering of instrumental tracks and percussion that underpinned a string of hits on his Philles label, named for Spector and his business partner, Lester Sill, in the early 1960s.
CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this story.
All About Phil Spector โข Lana Clarkson<|endoftext|>The cancellation of a lecture by journalist Rania Khalek, who was invited to speak on the University of North Carolina โ Chapel Hill campus by Students for Justice in Palestine on February 27, 2017, raises important issues of tactics and strategy within movements for social change.
The whole statement, posted on facebook the night before, reads:
๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝAfter receiving much feedback and after careful consideration, we have decided to cancel tomorrow๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝs event with Rania Khalek. We do not endorse nor reject her views on the Syrian civil war as they remain relatively unclear according to our members๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ diverse opinions of Rania๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝs analyses. Although Rania was not going to speak about Syria, we understand the Syrian conflict is a contentious issue and the invitation was met with a lot of anger. We appreciate the concerns of those who have reached out to us, especially our Syrian supporters and believe her invitation would mistakenly imply SJP to hold such views. SJP supports liberation movements for all oppressed people and recognizes their right to self-determination.๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
We note: the UNC-SJP event organizers cancelled the event (which was to be on the intersection of Palestinian rights organizing and the Black Lives Matter movement) based on the speaker๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝs views on Syria, a topic the speaker was ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝnot going to speak about๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ, that ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝremain relatively unclear๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ to them, out of concern that ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝher invitation would mistakenly imply SJP to hold such views๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ. This means that:
No one was prepared to state what disqualified Khalek from speaking.
The event was cancelled based on assertions about her views made by others.
The cancellation was based on the notion that there is a political litmus test of views on Syria that are requisites to have a public voice in the Palestinian rights movement.
We also note that some of those who lobbied UNC-SJP to cancel the event have stated publicly that they want to destroy Khalek๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝs reputation and livelihood. This is a coordinated smear campaign, using many of the same tactics that Palestine solidarity activists have faced from pro-Israel organizations, and with many of the same targets.
The signers of this statement hold a range of views on Syria. Some agree with Khalek;