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‘Rust’ armorer sentenced to 18 months in prison for fatal shooting

And the State is going to pay

And don't get me wrong. I genuinely think Alec Baldwin is a POS. Great actor though. But BS prosecutions need to be kicked more than most of you think. Our system is f'd up.

I couldn't drop down the list of prosecutorial injustices I've seen.
 
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And don't get me wrong. I genuinely think Alec Baldwin is a POS. Great actor though. But BS prosecutions need to be kicked more than most of you think. Our system is f'd up.

I couldn't drop down the list of prosecutorial injustices I've seen.
This.
He’s a really good actor and has such a flair for comic roles.
Offscreen I’m not a big fan but I don’t pay him much attention.
Agree our system is a flaming disaster in many ways.
 


Lawyer on the news said that this missing evidence if also withheld from the armourer's defense team could open up options for her as well. Said it actually affects her case more than Baldwin's.
 
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the “Rust” armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday by a New Mexico district court judge.

A jury had convicted Gutierrez-Reed in March in the 2021 death of Halyna Hutchins — the first trial verdict connected to the incident. She has spent more than a month in a county jail awaiting her sentencing, according to the Associated Press.

The sentence was issued by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer. Gutierrez-Reed faced a potential 18 months in state prison. Prosecutors had argued in court filings for her to receive the full sentence due to her “recklessness” and “complete and total failure to accept responsibility for her actions,” as seen through recorded jail phone conversations.



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Monday’s sentencing stems from an October 2021 incident on the set of “Rust.” During filming, Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene with a revolver when the gun went off with live ammunition, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin, who claimed he never pulled the trigger, was indicted by a grand jury for involuntary manslaughter in January with a trial set for this summer.

Prosecutors argued Gutierrez-Reed’s “unprofessional and sloppy” conduct led to there being live ammunition on set, which ultimately resulted in Hutchins’s death. The prosecution alleged in court filings that the armorer was hung over while loading the gun and tampered with evidence by handing drugs to someone else involved with the film.
But the defense argued that Gutierrez-Reed was rushed to do her job and wasn’t given enough resources to properly prepare the weapons on set. Her attorney Jason Bowles argued that Baldwin’s failure to handle the gun on set led to the fatal shooting.



Gutierrez-Reed’s verdict and trial were a glimpse at what Baldwin could face when his trial starts on July 9. Baldwin was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter by New Mexico prosecutors in January 2023 before those charges were dropped as prosecutors sought more time to investigate. Baldwin has said he pulled the gun’s hammer — not the trigger — in the shooting. But a forensics expert noted that the gun couldn’t have gone off without pressure on the trigger. If convicted, Baldwin would similarly face 18 months in prison.

All while the guy who pointed the gun and pulled the trigger gets off on a technicality.
 
Live bullets shouldn’t be within ten miles of a movie set and an employee in charge of that knows it. Period.
I agree 100% however any sane person would check to see if the gun was actually loaded before they pointed and pulled the trigger. Baldwin should spend time behind bars for shooting that innocent woman between the eyes. I didn't think the gun was loaded shouldn't be a defense.
 
I agree 100% however any sane person would check to see if the gun was actually loaded before they pointed and pulled the trigger. Baldwin should spend time behind bars for shooting that innocent woman between the eyes. I didn't think the gun was loaded shouldn't be a defense.
Your opinion. But if the professional employee hired for taking care of the props screws up
It ain’t on someone else.
Take your L on this and walk.
 
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I agree 100% however any sane person would check to see if the gun was actually loaded before they pointed and pulled the trigger. Baldwin should spend time behind bars for shooting that innocent woman between the eyes. I didn't think the gun was loaded shouldn't be a defense.

That would be nice and I do think if Hollywood learns anything from this is that multiple eyes should check those prop guns to make sure they are indeed cold. The actor on set could be one of those eyes.

That said it wasn't his responsibility. There might be civil lawsuits in which you could say in his role as producer he was negligent in allowing a person he knew to be irresponsible to continue working there. But that's an entirely civil matter.
 
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That would be nice and I do think if Hollywood learns anything from this is that multiple eyes should check those prop guns to make sure they are indeed cold. The actor on set could be one of those eyes.

That said it wasn't his responsibility. There might be civil lawsuits in which you could say in his role as producer he was negligent in allowing a person he knew to be irresponsible to continue working there. But that's an entirely civil matter.
I see what you are saying. This is not supposed to be a real life situation. The person hired to train and handle the guns should never ever have live rounds anywhere near the set. It should never be a question.
 
IIRC he was fuggin around on the set, the camera's weren't rolling.
To make matters worse he got off on a technicality, he shoots the poor woman right between the eyes and gets off on a freaking technicality.
What's always cool about these threads is that the usual suspects who will defend the outright criminality of Trump and Republicans on the one hand are ardent in wanting every perceived libturd thrown in jail no matter the circumstances. They're just so completely full of shit.
 
What's always cool about these threads is that the usual suspects who will defend the outright criminality of Trump and Republicans on the one hand are ardent in wanting every perceived libturd thrown in jail no matter the circumstances. They're just so completely full of shit.
Your "whataboutism" is soo apparent. Trump murdered nobody, Baldwin did.
 
Disgraceful amount of lying by this crime scene technician


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