Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against actor Alec Baldwin in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday.SANTA FE, N.M. — Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday.
“The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statute that did not exist on the date of the accident,” Baldwin’s attorneys said in an earlier court filing.
Rust Movie Productions said last week a related documentary will detail the film’s completion and Halyna Hutchins’s life.
Fire arms enhancement charges should be dropped in all cases.
That's a shame.
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