Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Manslaughter is a very widely interpreted charge depending on the jurisdiction. Basically, what the DA is doing, is charging the armorer and Baldwin both and letting the jury decide which applies to which.

It could have been worse for the armorer, and I'm surprised it wasn't. I figured she'd get criminally negligent homicide, but she didn't. She should count her blessings.

I think what really doomed Balwin was, once again, his loud mouth. He blamed everybody but himself. Literally. Over and over again every chance he got.

What's more, he wouldn't shut up about how he was playing with the gun but never pulled the trigger.

If he'd kept his mouth shut (an impossibility for him, to be sure) he would have probably walked.

What the prosecution is going to contend is that in both their cases, the behavior they took part in caused the death of the Hutchins. Let's face it, they're not wrong. Pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger is somewhat risky behavior, especially given that there was no live shoot going on at the time.

What's more, Baldwin is an executive producer on that set. It was he who was also responsible for making sure people were doing their jobs. Clearly, he wasn't.

I think the prosecution is going to show a very lax, very unprofessional, very half-assed production of sloppiness led to Hutchin's death and that Baldwin and the armorer are the leading causes of that.

We'll see if they have a case, but just based on the bullshit I've heard come out of Baldwin's mouth alone, I'm pretty sure they do.
 
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A couple decades ago we had a senior officer who was out with the boys in an op area have an un-intended discharge. I don't remember the actual details but said senior officer apparently had someone secure the weapon right away and turned himself in to his XO stating he wanted to charge himself with negligent discharge of a weapon.
And yes, he did plead guilty.
 
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From the prosecutor:

“Every person that handles a gun has a duty to make sure that if they’re going to handle that gun, point it at someone and pull the trigger, that it is not going to fire a projectile and kill someone,” she said.

She added, “An actor does not get a free pass just because they are an actor. That is what is so important. We are saying here in New Mexico, that everyone is equal under the law.”
 
The decision to dismiss charges against Baldwin is being made after new evidence came to the attention of investigators indicating the gun used in the shooting had been modified, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.

Investigators will be examining the weapon to determine the extent of the modifications, which could have impacted how the gun functioned, the source said.
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Whoa.
 
I'm still calling bullshit.

The FBI examined that gun and determined that it could not have been fired unless Baldwin pulled the trigger.

I bet it had a new grip on it or different sights put on it or some stupid modification like that and they're using that as an excuse to dismiss.
 
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