Posted on 02/20/2023 12:39:07 PM PST by Leaning Right
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. I don’t expect Arec Barwin to ever see the inside of the gray bar motel.
If you have fame there is no crime Biden winks.
Meanwhile, the female cop who accidently shot the guy who was violently resisting arrest rots in prison.
Watch how fast baldwin throws Gutierrez-Reed under the bus......and that was her first gig as an armorer?....... she doesn’t stand a chance.
Only in Hollywood do weapons fire themselves.
Wonder how much that cost Arec?
Fame and/or money.
The fix is in
As much as I detest Barwin, it made no sense to charge him with breaking a law that wasn’t on the books at the time of the shooting. I can’t imagine that they’d have prevailed on that count.
The prosecutor’s office complained about Baldwin’s “big-city lawyers” making legal arguments. I think small-city lawyers could figure out that you can’t prosecute someone under a statue that did not exist at the time of the alleged crime. Even Kamala Harris could figure that out-—well, maybe not....
“But when the shooting occurred in late 2021, the firearm enhancement penalty carried a three-year mandatory sentence.”
This is why lawyers and the legal system sucks. The law was in-place for a three-year mandatory sentence. Why not amend the charge to the original instead of wiping the slate clean?
“statue that did not exist at the time of the alleged crime.”
A version of it did exist but with a 3-year penalty.
Surprise! democrat party soldiers get special treatment.
“and that was her first gig as an armorer?”
...and last.
Eventually these charges will go away entirely. They just can’t let it appear that they are different standards according to who you are.
OK says. See alec I told you it was easy.
They maneuver to pump the charge up to a place where it does not fit the crime, then dismiss charges as not lawful. It is a LIAR trick, that is why Lawyer and LIAR are pronounced the same.
“At the time of the incident, New Mexico’s firearm-enhancement statute was applied to cases where a gun was “brandished” in the commission of a non-capital felony, defining brandished as displaying a firearm “with intent to intimidate or injure a person.”
The statute was later amended by the New Mexico legislature to remove any mention that a gun must be brandished, the court filing states.” -—CNBC report
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This idiot prosecutor charged Baldwin under a statute that was signficantly changed. Under the prior law, the prosecution had to prove that Baldwin “brandished” the firearm, which he did not do. The post-shooting statute removed the requirement that the defendant “brandished” the gun. This was obviously an ex post facto violation.
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