The involuntary manslaughter case against “Rust” star Alec Baldwin was dismissed by a judge Friday after the actor’s defense attorneys raised new questions over how New Mexico law enforcement officers and prosecutors handled evidence.
Amid the scrutiny during the high-profile criminal trial, one of the state’s two special prosecutors — Erlinda O. Johnson — resigned from the case.
During the Santa Fe trial, the actor’s lawyers sought to shift focus away from whether he pulled his gun’s trigger in the accidental shooting that killed a cinematographer on the set of the movie “Rust” and onto another key question: Where did the lethal bullet come from?
It came from the f**king gun whose trigger Baldwin pulled!
Surprise, surprise, NOT.
You get the justice you can afford with a liberal judge…Now the convicted armorer can appeal, right?…
No one is above the law.
Except Democrats.
Famous, powerful Democrats are above the law.
But no one else is.
What a joke. Dismissed with prejudiced so he can’t be tried again.
The “evidence” of the ammunition that was “suppressed” by the prosecution was totally immaterial to the case. Baldwin was being prosecuted for negligence in handling the firearm, period. The judge (appointed by Democrat governor Bill Richardson) was searching for some reason to dismiss. Her bias was evident during Witness testimony when she and the defense attorney were double-teaming . Baldwin gets away with murder because he is a member of “the club”.
Politicians want to be actors and actors wannabe politicians. They’re all cut from the same dirty cloth and scratch each other’s backs (to be polite).
My opinion is that there shouldn’t have been a live round on the set. I’m pretty sure B didn’t bring the live round, nor loaded the weapon. What happenned before was not his fault. Nor responsibility.
That being said, If someone hands me a gun, my first rule is to check if its loaded or not. The armorer was clearly responsible for the catstrphe. B was innocent by ignorance.
Trust me, I have no legience to the Baldwins, but just my honest opinion.
Fix, fix, fix, the f@ckers fixed the trial
Sarthurk
According to the testimony the armor offered to check the weapon several times. Baldwin refused.
The leftist, dingbat DA made sure the evidence was compromised. What a mess. Baldwin should be serving time for manslaughter…at least.
When the revolution comes, dont forget about him.
Halyna Hutchins and Nicole Brown Simpson now have another thing in common other then being blond and dead….
I’ve never been handed a firearm that I didn’t then check, doublecheck visually and either rack the slide, open and inspect the cylinder or work the bolt to insure it wouldn’t/couldn’t fire.
They’re not toys.
Alec is liberal…
Alec skates….
Imagine that.
Just look at the SHIT, WE/US are up against
If YOU have any sense of ‘common-sense’, don’t be surprised if/when the silent majority rises up to make all this shit right!
And, believe me, capital punishment will NOT be taken off the table. (It seems the only real thing these die-hard, commie, cock-suckers realize is BRUTE FORCE. Fight fire with fire.
I love the movie The Hunt For Red October but I can’t stand Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan.
All Ukrainian family. Could this have been a hit on her and her husband for possible nefarious dealings?
I guess we’ll never know.
Really suspicious how, on a set filled with hundreds of blanks for filming, ONE hot round found its way into that pistol.
woody
There’s another possibility that’s been mentioned. The diseased woman and a bunch of the production crew were threatening to walk off the set due to, wait for it, UNSAFE FIREARM PRACTICES. We all know about Alec’s little bitch temper. At the time she was shot I’ve read the entire camera crew was suppose to be standing behind 1.5 inched of Plexiglass. Who knows but if you follow the testimony they had his ass dead to rights. He got rescued at the cost of justice.
caint bez convictin no pedocrats!
How you say “Cucumber?” How about “Miscarriage of Justice.”
One of those officers or prosecutors secured a cushy little retirement for themselves by INTENTIONALLY mishandling the evidence.
Way back there were rumors of live ammo being brought to the location for some ‘target practice’, but I haven’t heard anything like that lately. Maybe it was just a rumor.
Female judge.
Female prosecutors.
Female lead detective.
Female armorer.
Female victim.
Money Talks; Bullshit Walks.
Grease the right palms and … well, you know the rest …
Oh big surprise.
He’s still a fukn murderer.
OJ is walking the streets again. This time being played by a white guy.
@1155: guaranteed result
It’s ironic that he dodged a bullet.
The USA has a the finest system of JustIce that money can buy. Yesterday Alex Baldwin had his case dismissed on Discovery, or the lack there of. I wonder what that cost him?
I suppose I’m the lone voice that feels justice was served.
The armorer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter since the “arms” on the movie set were her sole responsibility, NOT Alec’s.
He was just a dumbass actor.
As a producer he will likely be liable in a civil suit.
You guys are letting hatred cloud your judgement.
On that note, I still haven’t heard how live rounds were loaded into a prop gun?
Why were they using a gun with a firing pin on a movie set?
Not sure why he claimed to NOT pull the trigger?
You should be able to pull the trigger on a prop gun a thousand times without issue, since it was NEVER supposed to contain fire-able live rounds.
PS, comparing this to OJ & Nicole Brown is ridiculous as all hell.
Shows how unhinged and irrational folks can get.
Get a fucking grip!
@Loco — No, you’re not alone. I believe justice was served, but in a way different from your way. The prosecutors did a really bad thing by hiding exculpatory evidence from the defense. That’s utterly inexcusable and the judge, when finding out about it, immediately stopped the trial, and dismissed Baldwin’s charges with prejudice. This was the Right Thing to Do.
Interesting you bring up the question of where the live ammo came from. That’s the nature of the exculpatory evidence, I’ve read. I won’t get into the details here but the belief is that the hot loads came from revolver supplier and not from the movie’s armorer’s stocks. And so SHE may have her conviction tossed for the same reason ad Baldwin’s.
“Why were they using a gun with a firing pin on a movie set?”….because you need a firing pin to fire blanks…
“Not sure why he claimed to NOT pull the trigger?
You should be able to pull the trigger on a prop gun a thousand times without issue, since it was NEVER supposed to contain fire-able live rounds”….There’s too much wrong with that whole statement to justify an argument…
What if the armorer did’t know about the live rounds being on the set just like Alec? She will appeal her conviction….Who brought the live rounds too the set? The prcsecussion didn’t believe the live rounds were relevant and therefore didn’t tell the defense about them. Why?….The trial was fixed from the beginning and Alec got the results that he paid for….It’s lawfare…Now, all we can do is hope that he’s civilly bankrupted by that lawsuit….
“The prosecution didn’t believe the live rounds were relevant”
WHAT???
How the hell could they not be THE MOST RELEVANT PART OF THE WHOLE DAMN CASE?
The family will get paid.
Putting Alec in jail is like putting Trump in jail at this point.
Nonsensical.
“The prosecution didn’t believe the live rounds were relevant”
WHAT???…..EXACTLY!….They gave the defense a loophole to jump through on purpose…
The OJ? Baldwin comparison is relevant because both of the ladies are blond, dead and their killer’s were let go after a shiity, corrupt trial…Please try to stay away from discussing guns. Your knowledge is just fucking ignorance on display…
Um, was ALEC CHARGED WITH, UM, LET’S SEE, UMM… MURDER?
How many GUNS were used in Nicole & Ron’s murders?
Dumbass!
Tell me Willys, are guns on movie sets SUPPOSED to be loaded with LIVE rounds & the ABILITY to FIRE those rounds?
I’ll wait patiently for your answer…
“Tell me Willys, are guns on movie sets SUPPOSED to be loaded with LIVE rounds & the ABILITY to FIRE those rounds?”….supposed to be loaded with live rounds? OBVIOUSLY NOT!…..ability to fire those round? ABSOLUTELY!…
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Ya see, a gun needs to have a firing pin to fire a blank which would then make that gun able to fire a live round…..A gun without a firing pin would have everybody on the movie set running around and yelling PEW PEW PEW AT EACH OTHER….LOLOLOLOL…
Sigh*
If you believe ALL guns are used on a set to fire “blanks” you are ill informed.
Many props don’t even have a chamber to load.
SMDH
“Why were they using a gun with a firing pin on a movie set?”
You are kidding, right?
Uncle Al, if someone provided the armorer with live rounds and she couldn’t tell the difference, then she is still liable in my book, along with the manufacturer.
I still can’t see how that scenario could occur?
Well Brad, they were REHEARSING, so a fake-assed prop gun should have been used.
They were not firing blanks at this time whatsoever.
I said..”The OJ? Baldwin comparison is relevant because both of the ladies are blond, dead and their killer’s were let go after a shiity corrupt trial”….I never discussed a weapon. Does it matter? Manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter or muder….dead is dead and those ladies killer’s escaped jail time….I’m done…
I don’t know about you guys but I’ve seen many prop guns at Planet Hollywood, Disney & Universal over the years, along with those at auction.
Countless not only don’t have firing pins, they couldn’t hurt a fly.
Sigh*
“If you believe ALL guns are used on a set to fire “blanks” you are ill informed.
Many props don’t even have a chamber to load.”
WRONG ON ALL COUNTS PEW PEW PEW PEW…..
SMDH
See Willys, that is why you know so little.
In the law’s eyes Alec is not a “killer” nor a “murderer.”
You are trying so hard but there is no real Venn diagram here…
Damn, it’s a good thing Stormtroopers can’t shoot straight firing all those “blasters” on the set!
Uncle Al
” I believe justice was served,” I’m not sure how you can say that when the case was never heard. If the prosecution was at fault then dismiss the case and start over. But with prejudiced? There’s still a little boy with out his mom and a husband missing his wife. Who’s responsible for that? This was set up. And I’m fairly sure the prosecution was part of it.
Loco
Try thinking with the left side of your brain occasionally.
“Damn, it’s a good thing Stormtroopers can’t shoot straight firing all those “blasters” on the set!”
Maybe if they used real blasters.
Is it legal to hunt with a blaster? I don’t even think I’ve seen one at the range. That might be the dumbest comment ever on IOTW.
“Maybe if they used real blasters.”
You are SO CLOSE to getting it…
Planet Hollywood, Disney, Universal and Star Wars special effects?….You forgot to mention your love of Johnny Quest and specifically Haji….LOL
Willys, wait until you hear of this thing called CGI.
Gonna blow your feeble mind…
“You are SO CLOSE to getting it…”
You’re not. You’re clueless and I’m out.
Don’t go away mad, Brad…