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In reply to the discussion: Alec Baldwin 'Rust' prosecutors concede embarrassing early loss [View all]Ford_Prefect
(8,693 posts)21. The DA has no case to actually try. This is throwing pasta at the wall to see what sticks.
The "evidence" is shaky at best. Someone seems determined to try a case to affix blame. I don't see how it can be Baldwin as such. According to what's been said it was a sketchy set with slack organizational control and a particularly lax handling of the firearms.
IMO blame for a hot weapon has to fall on the person responsible for loading and handling them prior to a scene. That would appear to be the armorer. Actors cannot be in control of that aspect. I don't know what happened on the day that led to that tragic death. I know that ONE person had responsibility for the weapons and how they were handled, loaded, and delivered to the actors for each scene.
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Alec Baldwin 'Rust' prosecutors concede embarrassing early loss [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
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I'm not sure how the DA comes into play, but there is a (Republican) special prosecutor in charge.
W_HAMILTON
Feb 2023
#35
I am still laughing at all of the threads you deleted when you lose the argument
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#10
You deleted the threads because your claims were all disproved and you lost the argument
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#15
He's a Professor at St Andrews University in Scotland, arguably the most prestigious in the UK.
Emrys
Feb 2023
#26
Just a small aside. St Andrews is the 2nd best uni in Scotland, after U. of Edinburgh, and it also
Celerity
Feb 2023
#29
Without wishing to get sidetracked from the main point of this discussion, I did say "arguably".
Emrys
Feb 2023
#30
I disagree to a point, having either graduated from myself or having had close family
Celerity
Feb 2023
#36
I'm not invested to a preternatural degree, merely stating my opinion & adding in some explanatory
Celerity
Feb 2023
#39
The DA has no case to actually try. This is throwing pasta at the wall to see what sticks.
Ford_Prefect
Feb 2023
#21
The prosecution's priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys
AZLD4Candidate
Feb 2023
#24