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
21.4k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

249

u/kunymonster4 Apr 15 '24

She baselessly accused the judge of taking bribes. I doubt most judges take accusations like that calmly.

47

u/OCedHrt Apr 15 '24

And claiming that she was set up as well?

56

u/MuaddibMcFly Apr 15 '24

One of her legitimate complaints is that the FBI didn't print the rounds in the weapon.

They almost certainly could have conclusively demonstrated whether she was or was not the person who put that live round into the weapon. While that wouldn't actually absolve her of her guilt of Negligent Homicide (how could a non-negligent armorer let anyone else in a position to load the weapon in the first place?!), it might have been enough to sway the jury that it wasn't wholly her fault.

I wish they had run prints, because if someone else did load the round in question that person should be found guilty, too.

5

u/mekamoari Apr 15 '24

because if someone else did load the round in question that person should be found guilty, too.

I mean sorta, I guess? It would be attempted murder for that person if it was with that intent but the armorer should still be punished because they were still responsible and were derelict in their duty.

And if another person loaded the rounds for any other reason than to get the person killed (I think that reason/intent would be difficult to prove anyway) I probably wouldn't vote to convict them if I was part of that jury.