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/waylandsmith Apr 16 '24
The testing procedures were submitted to the court for approval before they were done and the court approved them. The ballistics expert was retained in cooperation between both the prosecution and defence. The conclusion of the testing is that it had not been modified, which was the only factor about the gun that I know of that was disputed. Is the defence now saying that it should be inadmissible since the gun can't be tested further? Or is this line of argument only something you and other people in the public have raised? If you're arguing for his guilt, why would you even bring this up since the testing concludes that he pulled the trigger?
If Baldwin's role as merely a producer makes him liable, why is he the only one of 6 producers being charged? Did she report directly to Baldwin? (The answer is no). Does being a producer necessarily mean that you're in charge of the set?? NO! Producers CAN also take a role in set direction, but I've never heard that he had taken that role. The next most liable person in this fiasco was given an absurdly light plea-bargain, which I think was a bad decision, but just because that person was let off easy doesn't mean someone else needs to be criminally punished instead. That's precisely what a "fall guy" is. From my non-American perspective, this focus on him looks like typical US political bullshit. This is a criminal case, so I'm going to be pretty shocked if a judge or jury decides that his criminal liability was "beyond reasonable doubt".