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New Mexico downgrades manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting
LA Times ^ | Feb 20, 2023 | Meg James

Posted on 02/20/2023 12:39:07 PM PST by Leaning Right

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony charges against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.

Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed were charged last month with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the Oct. 21, 2021, death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie’s set south of Santa Fe.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: baldwin; banglist
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Evidently prosecutors had charged Baldwin with a crime (a firearm enhancement penalty) that wasn’t on the books when Baldwin shot and killed Halyna Hutchins.
1 posted on 02/20/2023 12:39:07 PM PST by Leaning Right
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To: 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.


2 posted on 02/20/2023 12:41:57 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Leaning Right

If you have fame there is no crime Biden winks.


3 posted on 02/20/2023 12:42:12 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Leaning Right

Meanwhile, the female cop who accidently shot the guy who was violently resisting arrest rots in prison.


4 posted on 02/20/2023 12:44:28 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Leaning Right

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.


5 posted on 02/20/2023 12:45:19 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Vaduz

Only in Hollywood do weapons fire themselves.


6 posted on 02/20/2023 12:45:32 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Leaning Right

Wonder how much that cost Arec?


7 posted on 02/20/2023 12:46:26 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Vaduz

Fame and/or money.


8 posted on 02/20/2023 12:46:42 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Leaning Right

The fix is in


9 posted on 02/20/2023 12:46:52 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Leaning Right

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.


10 posted on 02/20/2023 12:47:31 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Leaning Right

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....


11 posted on 02/20/2023 12:47:32 PM PST by bort
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“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?


12 posted on 02/20/2023 12:47:48 PM PST by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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“statue that did not exist at the time of the alleged crime.”

A version of it did exist but with a 3-year penalty.


13 posted on 02/20/2023 12:49:13 PM PST by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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To: Leaning Right

Surprise! democrat party soldiers get special treatment.


14 posted on 02/20/2023 12:53:29 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: V_TWIN

“and that was her first gig as an armorer?”


...and last.


15 posted on 02/20/2023 12:53:47 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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16 posted on 02/20/2023 12:54:01 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Leaning Right

Eventually these charges will go away entirely. They just can’t let it appear that they are different standards according to who you are.


17 posted on 02/20/2023 12:55:56 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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OK says. See alec I told you it was easy.


18 posted on 02/20/2023 12:56:24 PM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: BushCountry

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.


19 posted on 02/20/2023 12:56:55 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("People who didn't take take the Jab have -0- regrets, those who did may be SADS.)
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To: BushCountry

“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.


20 posted on 02/20/2023 12:57:03 PM PST by bort
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