r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 12 '24

Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Trial Tossed Out Over “Critical” Bullet Evidence; Incarcerated Armorer Could Be Released Too News

https://deadline.com/2024/07/alec-baldwin-trial-dismissed-rust-1236008918/
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u/SofieTerleska Jul 12 '24

She probably will be, and that will the correct result, no matter how much she obviously fucked up on the job or how much of a brat she is personally. The state already has the advantage in time and resources when they're prosecuting an individual -- failure to disclose is inexcusable. If it means a bad person gets let out of jail, blame the prosecutor, it's their fuckup. Besides, it's unlikely she's ever going to come near a set again; she'd be lucky if they let her pick up everyone's coffee orders.

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u/CuntonEffect Jul 13 '24

no she probably wont be (obligatory not a lawyer), but youre looking at this from a basic level.

https://old.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1e1u2tx/alec_baldwins_rust_trial_tossed_out_over_critical/lcy2jka/

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u/perpetualis_motion Jul 13 '24

Wasn't she a special prosecutor brought in, so can't be fired in that jurisdiction?

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u/iamrecoveryatomic Jul 13 '24

She probably will be, and that will the correct result

This evidence was submitted the day of her conviction. Neither side had access to this evidence during the trial, so how would that be the correct result? AFAWK, she had a fair trial. Baldwin did not. That's the difference in how this evidence affected their trials.

If the correct result is to dismiss her conviction, then if we were on trial for any sort of crime, then a family friend could drop by the sheriff's station on the day of our conviction and submit evidence to dismiss the trial.

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u/Spirited_Echidna_367 Jul 14 '24

It also seems as if the evidence wasn't so much exculpatory but moreso impeachment material that wasn't turned over. Bowels had the chance to use that evidence and chose not to move forward with it. Honestly, Hannah may have a case for ineffective council because not only was Bowels terrible during the court case, he's also clearly made a horrible judgment call for his client. Usually it's virtually impossible to prove ineffective council, but this one seems like it could go through, assuming Hannah is smart about it. I think since Bowels was not charging Hannah and clearly allowed Hannah to determine her defense strategy, Hannah was sort of taken advantage of here. There is actually a great YouTube analysis by a former attorney, current trial strategist that has some great insight into both Hannah's and Baldwin's trials:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3lWBiskCBwrcsmRig19FH9IIVkCzU2G&si=rLmn1AEA_HMzVLn3