BBC News - Alec Baldwin may be recharged with Rust gun death because of ‘additional facts’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67141319
BBC News - Alec Baldwin may be recharged with Rust gun death because of ‘additional facts’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67141319
This is pretty much a mistrial right here, if it even gets that far. It would take barely more than zero effort to make the case that altering the firearm after the FBI’s testing was enough to invalidate any results the prosecutors came up with.
I do not know why this is even a point that matters. He was on a set, in his capacity as an actor, blocking a scene with the cinematographer. This was a scene in which the gun was fired close to the camera. Him pulling the trigger was his job. The fact that the armorer did not do their fucking job and control live weapons on set is where the culpability actually is.
On the mistrial, maybe, I think that would come down to what all was known about the weapon before it broke, and chain of custody, and a ton of stuff. Probably there’d be a whole investigation of the investigation of the gun.
As far as culpability, my gut reaction is to agree 100% with you. But I don’t know all the details, and I’m not sure why a prosecutor would press charges if its so clearly not Baldwin’s fault. Maybe there’s some legal/financial/political benefit of putting it before a grand jury.
There is some speculation that the special prosecutors are right-wingers prosecuting known left-winger Baldwin. I find this stupid, and there’s a much simple explanation.
The special prosecutors are two middling private attorneys who are now looking at being responsible for the prosecution of a very well known celebrity and getting a win on this means they look good in front of the DA. They will absolutely fight tooth and nail to get him convicted no matter how fucking flimsy the case is because it’s politically expedient for them to win.
If you ever watched The Wire… winning this case gives them MAJOR suction with the DA.
Makes sense.
And yeah, watched it twice. Once on my own, and once again after my wife saw enough bits and pieces to want to watch the whole thing. Tangent, that’s basically the story of my TV-viewing life. Wife won’t start a show with me, but once I’m watching it, she’ll inevitably end up seeing parts and idk… 75% of the time lately, she ends up wanting to watch the shows too.