This is quite remarkable. Alec Baldwin broke down in tears during court today because the trial judge dismissed the case against him.
Apparently, the prosecution received a box of live ammunition from a witness. The ammunition was from the same lot used on the set of Rust. That evidence strongly suggested the live ammunition that made its way on to the set came from the prop supplier, rather than from the film’s armorer.
The question has always been, how did live ammunition get into the gun on the set? The prosecution team hid the evidence and never told the defense team, a clear Brady violation. [Print Media Report Here] WATCH:
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As much as I dislike Alec Baldwin, this judge did the right thing. The evidence was at the center of the prosecution and withholding it was a gross violation of ethical responsibility of the prosecution. The charges should have been dismissed, and they were.
Right is right, even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody does it. Using corrupt lawfare tactics and hiding Brady material is wrong. The prosecution should be sanctioned.
It would be a lovely thing if Alec found his moment in court — and the charges against him — as a time to realize the mockery forced upon President Trump.
I pray that is what pierces his soul, and pray he comes to his senses against his own liberalism.
Alec will never connect the two.
Well if he doesn’t, I’m fairly confident President Trump will connect, spotlight and magnify it for him.😉
Me being an unconverted conspiracy type, what if Mr Baldwin being “one of them” this little mistake by the prosecution was not accidental ?
Bingo
Excellently pronounced, my friend.
My thoughts drifted there as well.
“Stay golden, Ponyboy!” [In other words, never change, brother!]
We will know as soon as the 18-month-sentence of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is overturned.
I have wondered the same thing.
I wonder all the time what the shenanigans presently afflicting our country look like to God from his perspective. And I wonder how the shenanigans of our present country compare to how he sees all the other points in history, for example:
Herod killing all the babies and beheading John the Baptist
Pharoah and the plaques
in the U.S. the revolutionary war, Civil war, WWI, WWII, Watergate, 9/11,
The rise and fall of Rome,
We humans are a pretty immature lot, left to our own direction.
Your on the right track, however, preface the question about God’s viewpoint in light of the first tenant of the Word. This is a fallen world and only through an understanding of the Scripture can true objective truth be decerned. (The gift of the Spirit)
Speak the Word only. Or to put it succinctly see everything in the world through the light of the Gospel not the other way around. Maranatha
If we inserted James Woods in Alec Baldwins position, would this discovery have been allowed to see the light of day? I wouldn’t waste my time wondering.
I laughed out loud with your comment.Only because we both know you’re right. BTW I don’t even wonder about it, I know it would be different. After all Baldwin is one of theirs. Wood? Not so much.
Gee, imagine that! How convenient of the prosecution to do what they did. People need to pay dearly for their misgivings, ALL of them!
My first thought when I read the news,..it was set up.
I pray for Alec to come to Jesus. Jesus is the only one that can save us from this world’s degeneracy. Alec should thank God for this gift he was given.
Save your prayers for those who need it. I won’t waste my time praying for Baldwin. He’s made his bed, let him sleep in it.
I was going to say that the judges will follow all rules and the constitution unless it’s Trump. Then no rules or constitutional rights exist. Infuriating. But agree with this outcome. Someone else needs to be culpable. A person did die and there must be accountability.
You are exactly right! President Trump has less legal rights than an ten times deported illegal immigrant serial child killer times a hundred!
They’ve started deporting “…illegal immigrant serial child killers…!” Who knew?
What novel idea!!!
It was the right decision by the court.
However, why aren’t the prosecutors being referred to the bar for hearings to decide if they should lose their law licenses at least?
Also…didn’t Trump’s legal team file an allegation of evidence being withheld by Jack Smith’s team (in addition to evidence tampering and malicious prosecution)? Just sayin’…
Smith said that he cannot reveal his evidence because it’s classified. That’s BS, but that’s their story and they are sticking with it. Now Judge Cannon is going after that and she will hopefully bring these lawfare scums to their knees.
I believe more (not all) people used to have an even handed sense of justice. This has seriously eroded with the polarization (by design) that society is presently experiencing.
Post-modernism infuses “liberal arts” academia now.
It holds that truth is whatever you say it is, and morality is up to the individual.
The field of law is filled with people indoctrinated by “liberal arts” schools on the way to law school.
Voila! A central mechanism corrupting everything.
(And how many cases with exculpatory evidence withheld proceed to railroad innocent people every year, even when judges know about the evidence? Judicial and other wrongs permeate the system, its likely that habit was a factor in the prosecution here attempting to hide the evidence – or that it was a ploy, see below
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/12/remarkable-development-new-mexico-judge-dismisses-case-against-alec-baldwin-because-prosecutors-hid-critical-exculpatory-evidence/comment-page-2/#comment-10907652)
Some also suggest that the apparently escalating flood of wrongdoing we see is part of a societal-level psyop to subvert trust in general.
No Lorrie, there has been injustice in the courts for a very long time. Especially in the south and with defendants of color.
They need to charge and punish prosecutors who do not adhere to the law. The state has all the power and it has become a political and social weapon.
We will know if this was set up for this very result if nothing happens to the prosecutors.
The Prosecution deliberately did this to get a mistrial and dismissal, so that Baldwin can skate. No Prosecution/Lawyer is this dumb. …This was all a “show” to placate the public, so the public will think the Government is doing their job. … Better known as “Democrat Party Privilege” in our Justice System.
And all it took was a big cash payout under the table.
His comeuppance will happen. We all reap what we sow. Eventually his Hollywood tie to Epstein will bring him down also.
Well said.
Alec Baldwin is a nasty liberal who suffers from alcoholism, and an insane wife . Due to many of his uncharitable, anti-gun tirades, too many people leaped at the chance to relish his misfortune. Including those on his own ‘side.’
I don’t care if he’s a jerk–no way in Hell, was he responsible for the death of that young woman. He is an actor. He and every other actor since the beginning of movies fires fake bullets at fake bad guys. How could he possibly know a real bullet from a fake one? He’s a Long Island born and raised liberal.
I have said from the beginning the fault lies with whoever brought live rounds to that set–and now we know the Truth. Someone else did screw up, but the prosecutors were too eager to boost their careers, and the anti-gun agenda, by getting a high profile scalp.
Let’s hope this ordeal leads him back to the Faith, as I am sure it must have been traumatic to fire what you thought was a gun with blanks and watch a friend die and another nearly die, as a result.
Baldwin has done enough movies where he has handled a firearm, both properly and improperly, that strongly indicates he has had some firearm training.. His actions are called plausible deniability.. Since New Mexico is very liberal this could be a planned method of escape..
As the last person to touch the gun, it was Baldwin’s responsibility to ensure it was safe. Being an actor is no excuse for gross negligence.
All is not as clear cut with the bullet “evidence” as it may seem. The issue, which was glossed over by the judge, is: were the bullets brought to the sheriff’s office actually material to the case against Baldwin? The charges against him did not hinge on who brought the live ammo to the set, they hinge on Baldwin’s careless handling of the gun whether or not it was loaded. It can also be argued that he had a personal responsibility to clear the gun himself before pointing it at another person. For enlightened discussion from a legal perspective, see attormey Andrew Branca’s coverage of the trial. The followin link is an entry to the discussions.
It was a bogus ruling by the judge.
Any way to dismiss the charges – whether germane or not. Has to look ok to the public.
There is no New Mexico criminal statute that matches your viewpoint, which is reasonable – and I would even support if presented as legislation. In a Free America, we should try and convict people based on clear violations of clear criminal statutes, not some amorphous “principle” of “should have done.” That is how we get low morailty/low IQ politicians and TV talking heads speaking of “insurrection” – which wasn’t even charged.
Federal prosecutors do this all the time. And get away with it.
Right on, Joe. This is sadly true.
Never point a gun at a human being, even if you think it has blanks! Baldwin is guilty of pointing a gun at a human being and pulling the trigger! Where the live rounds came from is irrelevant to the fact that he pointed a gun at her, fired, and killed her. His extreme recklessness killed her. He should be held accountable for her death.
He was instructed to point gun at camera.
Do you always do as instructed? Jump off a bridge? walk into oncoming traffic. Even so if that’s the case of someone told him. Did that someone also tell him to pull the trigger? Guns dont shoot by themselves. Someone needs to pull the trigger
As an actor you do as the script and the Director instructs you. In this case, Baldwin’s character was to point the gun at the camera and “shoot” it; the camera representing the view of whoever Baldwin was shooting. That angle has been used in movie scenes many times before, where the audience is watching though the eyes of a person facing a shooter, or from an angle very close to said victim.
If you ever watch a movie with guns, you’ll see guns pointed at people ALL the time. You’ll see guns loaded with blanks fired at people ALL the time. You’ll see guns fired at the camera ALL the time. Who do you think is operating the camera? Who do you think is framing the scene during rehearsal? I don’t know whether Baldwin would have been convicted or not, but saying an actor should never point a gun at somebody while filming a movie is ridiculous.
Camera angles change everything.
See George Floyd pics telling real story.
Who in Hollywood doesn’t know even blanks can kill.
See Jon-Erik Hexum.
A gun can seemingly be pointed a person and yet be off side.
Charges were filed previously and then dropped due to FIB malfeasance.
The new testing by examiners in New Mexico was conducted using a replacement “hammer, trigger/sear and bolt,” according to their report, rather than the gun’s original components. The weapon – broken during tests run by the FBI and inoperable when Forensic Science Services got it – then was returned to operable condition.
Involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin lodged in January were dismissed in April, when special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said charges could be refiled.
This case has been one huge CF from the beginning. The only I would bet money on is Baldwin was not going to be convicted
That is EXACTLY the point. Where the live ammunition came from has absolutely NO bearing on why Baldwin was at trial for this woman’s death. It was for his blantant disregard for gun safety rules on his own set and the judge should never have dismissed this.
And if you listen to the prosecutors testimony on the stand regarding the circumstances of this so-called new, hidden ‘evidence’, it makes a lot of sense to me, as someone who has followed both of these trials closely.
Seems instead like a super flimsy excuse to let the rich, hollwood star walk away from a cold blooded murder without proper accountability. OJ all over again?
I hope Helena Hutchison’s family takes him to civil court over her wrongful death much like the Goldman’s had to do with OJ, after that criminal trial farce.
99.5% of Prosecutors are scum. The dirtiest and most corrupt group in a totally horrid system.
Change my mind.
Hopefully this will mean that the young armoror’s case is also dismissed.
If I understand correctly this gal was already sentenced to prison.
appeal due to new evidence?
my thoughts exactly. We are waiting.
Didn’t Jack Smith do this to Trump, too???
The whole story behind this is a little strange.
A friend of the step-dad of the armorer brought this ammo in on the very day she got convicted.
I still don’t get how that affects the case but the prosecution left it out and that led to a dismissal.
The bottom line is that the “armorer” was responsible for making sure there were blanks in the revolver instead of live cartridges… It’s very hard to confuse the two.
This is 95% on her, 5% on Alec just because common sense tells you to check your firearm before you ever pull a trigger.
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They both share responsibility for this womans death, along with Dave Hall who was charged with double checking the armorers work after every loading of a gun on the set.
the case against the armorer also collapses!
I don’t see how an armorer escapes being held responsible since her JOB #1 is to know that the prop gun has ONLY blank cartridges in it.
Unless custody of the firearm can be traced to someone else – again a responsibility of the armorer – she was culpable.
I know. I was a company armorer in a U.S. Army reserve unit, responsible for over 200 weapons for 6 years. .45 cal semiauto Pistols, M-16 semi/full auto rifles, M60 machine guns, .50 cal anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, M79 grenade launchers, and 81mm mortars.
Every weapon was cleared before storage and cleared before issuing for drills and exercises. Ammunition was strictly controlled. Spent brass returned had to match live ammo issued else a detail was dispatched to recover missing brass to avoid a formal investigation.
The movie set armorer should never have issued the weapon without verifying the type of rounds loaded into it. Blanks are instantly identifiable from live rounds: there’s no solid bullet pressed into the brass cartridge. Only a red wax seal over the open end. No excuse to not know this basic fact.
Yep, gun safety, security and continuity begins and ends with the armorer and their crew. Thanks for the explanation from the military standpoint.
Update – the armorer Hannah Reed who was tried and imprisoned is now allegedly NOT the person who supplied the live rounds that wound up in Baldwin’s prop gun. Apparently those rounds came from a Seth Kenney, the prop supplier to that movie set. Lawyers are going to file motions to get her imprisonment cancelled.
But regardless of who supplied the live rounds, it was Reed’s responsibility to ensure that the ammo in Baldwin’s gun were NOT live rounds. I don’t see how the suppression of evidence that occurred relieves her of guilt. It will be interesting to see what details re. chain of custody (of the gun) come out in or as a result of her lawyers’ motion.
100%!
People here need to pay more attention before speaking on this. I’m honestly surprised at Treehouse commenters lack of understanding of this case before agreeing here that either Baldwin or Guitarrez’s responsibilty should be waived for this murder, which would leave NO ONE accountable for this woman’s completely preventable death.
I must update my post based on further reading of this case’s background.
Apparently the “Rust” movie set requirement in which this fatality occurred called for “dummy” rounds -NOT BLANKS – to be used such that they LOOKED like real live rounds.
Dummy rounds are purely that – no gunpowder inside, but they do have a bullet (made from plastic or metal) pressed into the brass. Another critically important distinction is that the dummy rounds have NO PRIMER at the rear of the casing.
A center-fire live round (by far most common) uses a primer which is pressed into the rear of the round and acts like a blasting cap in dynamite. When the firing pin hits the primer, it ignites the gunpowder in the case; resulting in a small explosion, the expanding gas from which is what propels the bullet out of the barrel of the weapon.
By contrast. a rimfire round has its primer built-in to the flange at the rear of the casing; it is not visible like the centerfire primer. While rimfire rounds are common in the .22 cal range, it is far less common in modern handguns.
The gun used by Alec Baldwin on the Rust movie set was a typical Colt .45 SAA handgun that is usually the handgun of choice in almost all westerns. The Colt .45 is a single-action design from 1873 that uses a centerfire cartridge and has no pinblock (the firing pin rests directly against the round if one is loaded in the chamber that’s in the firing position; hence most owners know to load only 5 rounds and leave the top chamber empty when carrying the weapon). The gun is designed such that the hammer must be pulled back to fire the weapon; you cannot just pull the trigger.
A dummy round has no primer, hence, it cannot possibly ignite any gunpowder that may be inside. BUT, a dummy round also has no gunpowder inside either. It is merely a “prop”, that looks like and weighs nearly the same as a live round.
The armorer HAS to know the difference because some movie sets DO use live rounds for certain scenes (target practice, shooting cans or bottles, never on humans).
So I must update my assertion about the front end of the round being different. These were supposed to be dummy rounds, NOT “blanks”, and there is no visible difference at first glance; however the rear MUST be missing a primer. THAT is easy to tell. IMO, the armorer is liable for not ensuring the round(s) in the movie set prop gun were not live rounds.
Baldwin was simply a careless ass for pointing the weapon at anyone, much less anywhere near any people.
That’s probably how the “prosecutors” in Hunter Biden’s case will throw his trial as well. Baldwin is a dem donor and anti-Trump icon charged in a blue state with a dem-appointed judge. He was never in danger.
I just finished watching you tube tapes surrounding this dismissal. I found the prosecutor obnoxious, and the crime scene tech a ‘Karen’ with a calculating, indolence and haughty demeanor who kept glancing to someone (prosecutor ?) as she responded to questions from defense with a semi-smirking countenance.
There is too MUCH prosecutorial misconduct in the legal system and it has been going on for decades.
When a system permits this without consequence it is no longer a system of Justice.
The state has ALL the power. There needs to be punishment for what we are witnessing repeatedly of prosecutorial misconduct.
If live ammo was supplied by the manufacturer wouldn’t that exonerate the armorer, too?
To me,
Common sense should dictate that an “armorer” on a movie set knows the difference between a blank and a bullet {live round}.
Then again,
I am not a firearms expert. But I do know a few…
Trust God. Fear not.
Yes, it’s actually easy to tell. Any of us who handle ammo can do it in the hand with our eyes closed just by weight if we know the caliber without even feeling the round. Also, a gun loaded with blanks is noticeably ‘lighter’ in the hand. Try it some time if having blanks around. Compare to live. Of course, as outlined by others prior, that’s due to the business end, and its weight, being missing.
What does this mean for the conviction of the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Surely grounds to overturn?
more elite kabuki theater.
Here I thought this trial was about the death of Halyna Hutchins, focus.
Trial is about proving who was responsible for a woman’s shooting-caused death; in this case where live ammo was loaded into a firearm when ONLY blank ammo was called for.
So both the person who shot the weapon AND the person responsible for the safety of the weapon are investigated and tried for any actions they took or did not take that resulted in the victims death. Witnesses and Evidence are key here, as in all shooting incidents.
The prosecutors should lose their law licenses. It is beyond time to hold them accountable for their lawless tactics.
It would be a nice start but I’m not holding my breath.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, I don’t care. I look at this prosecution and think “planned incompetence.” Baldwin, as the last person to handle that firearm, was responsible in some manner for what happened. Now, with this planned incompetence, he will never be held accountable. Not only that, but he comes out as a somewhat sympathetic figure.
This doesn’t smell right at all.
The fact is, testimony and evidence of the cast practicing with live ammunition for recreation. This exculpatory evidence is probably FAKE. It’s not how it got to the set. It’s that it was KNOWN to be on the set by all. The armorer would have known as well.
Kabuki show, 100% Kabuki. This theatre was brought to you by those in charge, for who knows what reason. Probably the primary goal was to murder the victim, again for who knows what reason. The sooner people on our side interpret everything as theatre (default position), the better off we will be. But people on our side, to our credit, do not approach life that way. Unfortunately, that means we are constantly treated like chumps.
Most of the discussion below assumes Alec Baldwin is somehow the victim of an unfair justice system, and in many ways they are right. However, like all “Progressives” he is okay with these abuses as long as they are used against someone he dislikes or disagrees with, such as conservatives. All actors who are filming a movie involving the use of guns should be required to take a gun safety course similar to what is required to obtain a concealed weapons permit. Being a New York anti-gun liberal, I would guess he hasn’t, and a young woman is dead as a result. Never forget that.
And so,
The fact do remain,
Someone wanted that young woman dead.
Trust God. Fear not.
I can’t stand Alec but he probably is not guilty.
This may sound like a conspiracy. I read that Hutchins was or will be making a documentary film on Hollywood pedo/child abuse. And bam!, she got killed “accidentally”.
Just like Anne Heche who also made a documentary film about rampant s e x abuse of children in Hollywood.
Seems extremely legitimate for motive and the source I saw said that actually they worked on the same film together. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the source this a.m. All I could find was a small article debunking it as disinformation for reasons of not enough internet sources. Circular logic kafkaesque grrrrrrrrrr
It seems to me that this “error” by the prosecutor was done on purpose.
Maybe, maybe not.
GoodLawgic’s Rumble site has all of the AB court trial days. It is a good site to follow. This is what went down yesterday leading up to the dismissal.
LIVE TRIAL WATCH (with Attorneys)- ALEC BALDWIN HOMICIDE TRIAL Day 3
By GoodLawgic
12 Jul 2024
https://rumble.com/v56lhpp-live-trial-watch-with-attorneys-alec-baldwin-homicide-trial-day-3.html
I’m no fan of Baldwin. I’m as MAGA as you get. But the prosecution deliberately withheld information from the defense that “could” have helped the defense. Case dismissed as it should have been. Sanctions against prosecutors justified. The government has all the power, when they hide information that could help the accused, severe action is warranted. I must say I’m disappointed by many of the comments, “he should have checked….”, BS, he’s a bloody actor and probably could not tell a live round from a look alike. Quit whining and celebrate that the prosecution lost their case because of their own misconduct.
I didn’t follow the case past the beginning and didn’t read the above comments but my first thought was the prosecution threw the case on purpose. There’s plenty of precedent in history and it isn’t rocket science to figure out the various motivations.
Commies stick together. Baldwin exits, the prosecutors won’t face sanctions and the juggernaut rolls on. Guns are bad (their propaganda) yet Hollywood makes billions off of their use and depicting violence with them as entertainment.
Sad.
Sanctioned? How about disbarring the prosecutor and the entire team for knowingly hiding Exculpatory evidence? Make an example of them so sh** like that doesn’t happen again. But that and worse is happening to President Trump. And the J6 Defendants. Still praying the Lord delivers them from the evil perpetrated by the doj and corrupt judges.
Someone correct me on this. A cartridge blank looks nothing like a live round. So what part of this discussion am I missing? The supplier provided live rounds. The armorer placed live rounds in the prop pistol. How is that possible if I assume it was to be blanks instead.
One scenario – armorer acclimates talent to gun handling of a specific weapon with live ammo in safe area, then doesn’t properly secure and inventory the remaining rounds and brass before issuing the weapon on-set.
Another related scenario is ‘gun play’ where talent and crew are plinking with live ammo and prop guns and the items aren’t properly secured and prepped for on-set use after. Even for the ‘anti-gun’ folks, they often get a kick out of shooting. I remember Sigourney Weaver commenting on that when shooting in the ‘Alien’ films.
I’ve seen video of talent getting gun training and they are using live ammunition; however, that usually is a separate activity in advance of actual filming and not at or near the location of the filming.
I read reports of cost and corner cutting on the ‘Rust’ production and it’s certainly possible they cut corners in relation to gun handling and safety, not blatantly but rather removing some levels of redundancy that protect talent and crew. We see it in aviation when corners are cut. The system is robust but cut enough corners and redundant safety protocols disappear and bad outcomes, and death, can occur.
Isn’t the armorer in prison? Doesn’t this affect her conviction? I did NOT follow this case at all, so just wondering.
“Apparently, the prosecution received a box of live ammunition from a witness. The ammunition was from the same lot used on the set of Rust. That evidence strongly suggested the live ammunition that made its way on to the set came from the prop supplier, rather than from the film’s armorer.”
Anyone else think Baldwin, one of his Attorneys or someone else in his camp manufactured that evidence…sent it in on his behalf…to manufacture reasonable doubt?
We need more judges that hold the state accountable
Not going to happen. They’re all leftist “progressive” drinking buddies, and the left protects its own.
10-4.
the counter argument is that live ammo WAS used. regardless that prosecution screwed up (willfully?), a human being died because idiots killed him. A reasonable person, even a movie actor on a set, would have the responsibility to know and to check he is not using live ammunition. A man is dead, killed from gross neglect.
I agree this judge ruled correctly, because the prosecution hid evidence that would have allowed the jury a proper perspective of what events and what people led to this avoidable death. But again, a person is dead from gross neglect.
does it really matter that the live ammo was supplied from someone else other than the armorer? What is the safety requirement for all firearms on a movie set? regardless of “supplier” are we to believe that the armorer would suspend all reasonable safety rules and protocols that realized a situation where a loaded live firearm materialized out of thin air from some other source and the shooter, Baldwin, just takes it on complete trust that it is not a live firearm? That doesn’t even come close to making any sense. You treat every gun as loaded and capable of killing. period. it’s the one single thing we are all taught with any firearm. It’s the one thing we all know from the adults who educated us on firearm safety. Treat all guns as if there are loaded and ready to kill. When handling a firearm, never point it at anyone unless you intend on killing them. Check your weapon, every single time and visually and mechanically CLEAR YOUR WEAPON.
these are not special rules that only “some people” know. It’s the universal rules that everyone is expected to know.
and it doesn’t matter that if you are on a movie set or not. I would argue it is even MORE IMPORTANT to follow these rules on a movie set. because you are pointing and shooting at other people. ON PURPOSE.
I think the prosecution while it screwed up with the evidence, had a proper reason to bring charges. Murder? perhaps not. involuntary manslaughter? I am thinking yes to that. And that is what this case was about.
the dude driving down the highway, and doesn’t bother to look and he kills someone. Did not mean or intend to do it, but yet there is responsibility for the death, no.
it is the exact same thing.
all I see from this case is a very strange “turn of events” that looks like to me that the prosecution spiked the ball on purpose. There was never going to be a situation where this live ammo source would not been uncovered during this trial…obviously, to me the prosecution was out to bring this case in order to cancel any future case against baldwin.
it’s just how I see it. the prosecution spiked the ball.
In one of the clips I watched there was discussion that this box of ammunition, (green storage box) was ammunition that had been on the set of the series 1883 where the actors had been doing shooting practice or similar. I am not clear how it came to be on the Rust set, or how it left 1883 and came to be in the possession of the gentleman named Sean Tenny? who realized he likely had the same batch as the bullet that killed the lady on the Rust set and contacted the authorities and turned it over. Ther was another person involved whose name I forget, named with double T’s. There was also a mention/suggestion that the deceased may have an intended death.
The prosecution purposely fouled the nest in order to give the judge the green light to dismiss the case.
Baldwin was never going to be held accountable for his actions, that one thing was clear from the get-go. NM is full of Baldwin’s fellow leftists, especially in Santa Fe; he endeared himself to his fellow anti-Trumpers by portraying PDJT jokingly on SNL – they love him for it.
Of course, the “prosecution” will never be held accountable for their (deliberate) errors either, and they know it, so business as usual in leftyland, so they knew allowing this to happen would come with no retribution – no consequences for democrat criminals – ever.
The gun will be convicted of manslaughter and be incarcerated for 5 to 10, and the legislature will pass another useless gun control law or two – that will be consistent with progressive “justice.”
I don’t see how this is exculpatory evidence. What does the lot number on a box of ammunition have to do with Alec Baldwin, pointing a gun at a human being and pulling the trigger? Whether the gun was supposed to be cold or not, even in Hollywood, you never ever do that.
It still doesn’t dismiss the fact that he aimed a gun at someone and fired; that never should have happened.
Or that Baldwin is a producer which makes him responsible not only his own actions but also everything that happens on and off the set.
Furthermore I don’t see how this evidence is “exculpatory.” Unless the supplier incorrectly labeled live ammunition as dummy rounds?
Some of us wish he had been pointing the gun at his own head instead of the Director/camera. Missed opportunity!
All you need is the right money and the right politics and the law no longer applies to you.
Just like all of those prosecutions of J6’rs were dismissed when the Capitol video records showed exculpatory evidence!
Oh, wait, that didnt happen. More evidence of “one legal system for me, another legal system for you.” See, our Constitution still works…for the privileged.
” The prosecution should be sanctioned” I’m not sure what “sanctioned” entails, but what they need is to be prosecuted and jailed and banned from the legal profession. Otherwise this is not going to stop. Additionally, this so called ‘lawfare’ has not place in a free society. They can and do bankrupt and destroy people, and do so with impunity.
As far as I’m concerned, Baldwin failed to ensure the gun was safe before pointing it at another person and pulling the trigger. He is 100% responsible. Why the prosecution would hide evidence in a slam dunk case is baffling. Shame on them for allowing Baldwin to literally get away with murder.
This!!! But, you answer your own question with your last sentence.
They should be disbarred.
Hey Alec, see what happens when a prosecutor wants a win too much? Does that make you empathize with Trump at all?
I am truly disappointed by most Treepers regarding this situation.
1) The ultimate responsibility for the SAFE handling of the firearm lies with the person actually handling the firearm – That was Alec Baldwin – HE violated every rule of SAFE firearm handling.
2) What possible “exculpatory” evidence does ammo that was NEVER in New Mexico until approximately 2 1/2 years after the event ??? Is ammo in New York today exculpatory evidence for this case ???