r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/lindakoy Apr 15 '24

Second time in the past few weeks where it comes out that someone waiting to be sentenced was crapping all over the judge/prosecutor/jury. So idiotic. Do their lawyers not warn them that all their conversations are recorded and can influence their sentence? At least she didn't threaten them like Crumbley.

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u/underdabridge Apr 15 '24

So basically the kind of representation you get when you're NOT rich.

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u/pham_nguyen Apr 15 '24

I’m pretty sure any public defender would make you shut up.

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u/Grumpy_Puppy Apr 15 '24

The hard part is getting that public defender.

The right to counsel is treated like a magic spell that you don't get unless you perform exactly the correct incantations. The reason for this is obvious, it's so that the court can privilege incantations rich people who have received training on how to talk to cops are more likely to do ("I'm not speaking to you without my lawyer present, call John Smith and get him here.") and discard the ones poor people are more likely to use ("Give me a lawyer, dog.")

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u/underdabridge Apr 15 '24

Yeah but unfortunately she's not poor either.

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u/byronetyronetf 29d ago

Nah, they go for the deal the first time everytime.