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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Alec Baldwin Skates

2024-07-13

[Just the News] A New Mexico judge shockingly dismissed Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case on Friday, after agreeing that prosecutors withheld crucial evidence.

First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer agreed with Baldwin's defense attorneys, who claimed the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office took live rounds of ammunition from the set as evidence but did not record them properly in the case file or reveal their existence to the actor’s defense team.

"The sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy," Sommer said, according to NBC News.

Posted by:Bobby

#12 I really hate Baldwin and his ilk, but it sounds like the DA created this mess willfully. Here is CTH summation that kind of gets to that:

"Apparently, the prosecution received a box of live ammunition from a witness. The ammunition was from the same lot used on the set of Rust. That evidence strongly suggested the live ammunition that made its way on to the set came from the prop supplier, rather than from the film’s armorer.

The question has always been, how did live ammunition get into the gun on the set? The prosecution team hid the evidence and never told the defense team, a clear Brady violation."

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-07-13 14:34

#11 Media topic cover?

Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-07-13 13:50

#10 I don't doubt that, but why wait so long? Is this part of some barakian plot? Or an election 'squirrel'?

Posted by: Bobby 2024-07-13 12:57

#9 Forgive me if I think this all sounds set up.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-07-13 11:40

#8 Let's see what happens to the prosecutors and sheriff's officers to know if this is legit or not.

Posted by: `AlmostAmonymous5839 2024-07-13 10:50

#7 I'm not fan of Baldwin. I also feel the minute you pick up a real gun you are fully responsible for it. When a prosecutor fails to follow the simplest of evidence processes, the guilty go free, as they should. Too bad it does not work that way for all in this two teared justice system we now live in...

Posted by: 49 Pan 2024-07-13 10:43

#6 None of the articles indicate how the ammunition represented a hook for the defense to hang their hat on.

Posted by: Mercutio 2024-07-13 09:58

#5 Withhold evidence.... How does a prosecutor get to be a judge?

Posted by: Richard+Aubrey 2024-07-13 06:24

#4 ... who claimed the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office took live rounds of ammunition from the set as evidence but did not record them properly in the case file or reveal their existence to the actor’s defense team.

Sounds like all the J6s should get the same nod given the withholding of evidence in the trials.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-13 06:13

#3 ^^ Only surprised it took this long.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-07-13 06:10

#2 A New Mexico judge shockingly dismissed...

I think very few, if any, Rantburgers are shocked at this.

Posted by: Raj 2024-07-13 01:19

#1 Obama made a call

3,2,1…Biden trashing begins

Posted by: Jefe101 2024-07-13 00:50

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