Why Charging Alec Baldwin with Manslaughter Is Wrong

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'Alec Baldwin is a rich and powerful celebrity. The law must be applied fairly to him, as it would be to others.'

Prosecutors in New Mexico are wrong in charging the actor Alec Baldwin with manslaughter in the accidental shooting of Halyna Hutchins. It is clear Baldwin did not intend to fire a loaded gun. It was a tragic accident, and accidents are not generally crimes, unless they involve some criminal state of mind. Whenever an innocent person is killed by the actions of another and there is a temptation to look for criminal liability on the part of the shooter, sometimes it can be found.

As Baldwin previously said in an interview"someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me." It is true that someone, or several people, were responsible for allowing live ammunition to be in a gun that would be fired on the set. But absent a conspiracy—and there is no evidence that one existed here—criminal guilt is personal.

 

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So, with that logic, trump should have been arrested a long time ago. If we must hold them accountable, we must hold them all accountable.

Fairly would be the death penalty.

Alec Baldwin was placed into a false sense of security by the presence of an allegedly professional weapons specialist on the set. This is the true price of faith in anything. Faith is foolish thinking.

No it should not. He should totally get away with it.

Has he called the Governor of the State yet or the President?

it wont

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