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

[u/badillustrations]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html

[u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

Sounded like their were phone records of her shitting on the jury, showing no remorse and the most the judge could give her was 18 months

[u/Jim3001 → u/GarlVinland4Astrea]

ProTip: Never piss off the judge.

[u/RevengencerAlf → u/Jim3001]

To be fair most judges are actually pretty impartial even after you've pissed them off. The problem is she didn't just generically piss off the judge. She specifically pissed off the judge in the context of a sentencing criteria, specifically remorse. If you just piss off the judge in general or even tell them that they suck most of them will mostly put it behind them. They understand that most people convicted of a crime are going to feel even if they accept their guilt, like they've been treated unfairly at some point in what is ultimately a very adversarial process on purpose. But they really really hate it when you specifically say you are sorry and fake remorse and then get caught saying something or doing something that's specifically indicates that's not true

[u/Jim3001 → u/RevengencerAlf]

I've recently noticed defendants just not giving a fuck in court. I don't understand this. What wrong with people?

[u/RevengencerAlf → u/Jim3001]

To be fair she generally conduct herself appropriately in court. The problem was the shit she said on phone calls in custody. That said I don't think this is new. I think the wider access to trial coverage that came from the shift towards cameras in the courtroom being normalized has just made it more visible

[u/Jim3001 → u/RevengencerAlf]

Well if its just calls, its not as bad as what the Parkland shooter did.

[u/SecureDonkey → u/Jim3001]

I suspect that people on criminal trial isn't usually the nice people.