Alec Baldwin Shoots two, Kills One

[DDT951]

Other than acts of god there are no true accidents. Every accident can be prevented with proper training, education, and choices. Lack of knowledge is not an excuse.

OK. Lets explore that line.

I have seen more than one movie that has a chase scene that involves a crash. They are filming a movie. If something goes wrong, which it occasionally does, should the stunt people be charged with violating motor vehicle laws or manslaughter?

If you watch a real motor vehicle race, and a crash occurs, should a driver be charged? in the Dale Earnhardt death, should #36 have been charged with a crime since he ran into a car while he was obviously going well beyond a safe speed of 155-160mph? He knew that was a dangerous speed and could kill someone.

I will bet that Alec isn't convicted and very unlikely to take a plea.

[eddiememphis]

It depends on what the prosecution can prove beyond reasonable doubt to a jury of one's peers.

The Santa Fe District Attorney believes they have enough evidence to prove the charges. This has taken a long time so they must be pretty sure of a conviction.

As to stuntmen being charged for crashes, a quick web search shows there are several times where multiple people were charged in fatal accidents- both those directly involved and the producers for "allowing" the accidents to take place.

Not all were convicted but there is legal precedent.

[eddiememphis]

The district attorney said Baldwin’s involvement as a producer and as the actor who fired the gun weighed in the decision to file charges.

“This set was really being run pretty fast and loose, and he knew or he should have known that there had been misfires, that there were safety concerns, that multiple people had brought them up,” Carmack-Altwies told The Associated Press in an interview. The fact that Baldwin was “the actor that held the gun, that pointed the gun and that pulled the trigger” also contributed.


I also found this...

The district attorney said charges will be filed by the end of January, and that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will be issued a summons to appear in court. She said prosecutors will forgo a grand jury and rely on a judge to determine if there is probable cause to move toward trial.

So a judge could toss this out. Looking a New Mexico politics, this seems likely.

[newracer]

OK. Lets explore that line.

I have seen more than one movie that has a chase scene that involves a crash. They are filming a movie. If something goes wrong, which it occasionally does, should the stunt people be charged with violating motor vehicle laws or manslaughter?

If you watch a real motor vehicle race, and a crash occurs, should a driver be charged? in the Dale Earnhardt death, should #36 have been charged with a crime since he ran into a car while he was obviously going well beyond a safe speed of 155-160mph? He knew that was a dangerous speed and could kill someone.

I will bet that Alec isn't convicted and very unlikely to take a plea.

I am not taking the stance that every action should be charged with a crime. My stance is there is no true accidents, they can all be prevented and ignorance or lake of training is not an excuse.