So what do you think will happen to Alec Baldwin?
I doubt murder charges since it was an accident. Probably "gross negligence".
shareUnless he was directly responsible for the props, nothing. He’ll have to live with the fact that he accidentally killed a colleague though and that’s a life sentence of sorts.
shareI wonder how her husband and kids feel about Alec Baldwin then.
shareBaldwin and Hutchins’ husband were seen consoling each other and embracing so I would assume he accepts that it was a terrible, tragic accident.
shareI'm sure the husband is going to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin. Baldwin was in charge on that set even if his intent wasn't to kill her.
shareBaldwin was an executive producer, so far from “in charge”.. an EP is not much more than a financier.
I guess time will tell but my instinct is that Baldwin himself will face no charges.
It's all still too early. He won't face murder charges because intent wasn't there.
I'm betting negligence against Baldwin's part for keeping an unsafe and toxic workplace.
Apparently there were reports of workers complaining of unsafe conditions. They even stage a protest hours before this happened.
Very interesting story from a legal perspective. I wonder how that works under criminal law. If someone fires a gun and kills someone when they thought it was unloaded, they escape criminal penalty. But the person who put actual rounds in cartridge likely will face murder charge even if they didn't fire the gun. Such a fascinating scenario. It's kinda like the Manson murders where Manson wasn't even present at murder scene, yet he was charged with murder.
a lot of murderers are "not present" , those using bombs mostly
as you say the real guilty person here is whoever loaded that gun.