Judge weighs whether to dismiss movie armorer’s conviction in fatal set shooting by Alec Baldwin
Judge weighs whether to dismiss movie armorer’s conviction in fatal set shooting by Alec Baldwin
A judge is considering whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.
A judge is planning to hear arguments in court Thursday over whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has requested a retrial or dismissal of her March conviction for involuntary manslaughter in response to allegations that prosecutors failed to share evidence including ammunition that might have been exculpatory in the shooting death that occurred on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in 2021.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is reconsidering the armorer’s conviction after throwing out an involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin midtrial on similar grounds.
is this the one person on set who was supposed to make sure there was no live ammo? where managing these human-killing devices was her sole responsibility?
Yes, but she has connections. That's how she got the job in the first place despite not being fit for it. Watch her walk away with nary a slap on the wrist.
There should be outrage if everyone walks away from this without any real consequences, there was significant negligence and disregard for safety on the movie set and it resulted in a death. This conviction should be overturned anyway. There isn't even the illusion of fairness or justice when the state is allowed to hide and even destroy evidence as they have in this case. For the state to strip rights and freedoms from a person it is incumbent upon the state to prove that the person has committed the crimes of which they have been accused and to do so in a fair and open process.
I watched some of her trial. She was absolutely grossly negligent at best.
I also think her conviction should be dismissed because of this prosecutorial misconduct.
I think the police and prosecutors who suppressed evidence (wether I find that evidence credible or not) should be prosecuted. The state has a duty to follow the rule of law that is absolute.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is reconsidering the armorer’s conviction after throwing out an involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin midtrial on similar grounds.
That's why.
Most directly, yes.
The general argument has been that Baldwin, as a producer, has certain leadership and oversight responsibilities to ensure the staff under them to do their jobs.
Essentially there is argument that Baldwin should have fired the armorer for such breeches, but it was known staff were shooting guns recreationally in the desert after filming. That's all super bad
From what little I have heard the production kept distracting her with additional roles and responsibilities when they shouldn't have, essentially preventing her from doing her job properly. I wouldn't throw all the blame on a single person if there was an organizational problem that contributed to the accident. Otherwise the armourer's job isn't to ensure safety anymore but just to be a scapegoat every time things go wrong.
Yes but apparently she was busy doing cocaine and using the prop guns with live ammunition to shoot cans in their downtime to consider the safety aspect. People will point out that she's unqualified or whatever, but her father is a famous Hollywood armorer as well.
I think this should be the standard for all gun usage. You must have a licensed armorer present before anyone can handle a firearm.
Think it's funny? The entire American Film industry has only lost three people to firearms accidents. Anybody using firearms in law enforcement, military, or even just privately should be embarrassed by their pitiful attempts at safety culture.
Those other groups aren't using blanks. If anything this case is an indictment of how poor the industry can be at times with safety.
It's like comparing the injury rates of commercial flights and those from a parachuting company.
They should play the entire Dave's Lemonade video in the trial.