Re: Woman Involved In Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Shooting Sentenced

In article <uvr10u$27djn$13@dont-email.me>,
 Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison following Alec
Baldwin's RUST shooting in New Mexico in 2021 that left cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins dead.
 
On Monday, the 26-year-old armorer got emotional before she learned her fate
when New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer handed down the maximum sentence
possible, the New York Post reported.

Involuntary manslaughter has a maximum sentence of only 18 months in New
Mexico? Wow, that's getting off easy for killing someone.

Earlier this year, a 12-member jury came back with a guilty verdict after
finding the movie weapons supervisor responsible, in part, for Hutchins's
death, The Associated Press reported. The jury found she was not guilty of
tampering with evidence, which was the second charge Gutierrez-Reed had
faced.
 
After the verdict was read, defense attorney Jason Bowles said they would
appeal the decision, People magazine reported.

Unless she convinces the judge to let her remain free pending appeal--
something this judge doesn't sound predisposed to do-- there's not much
point in appealing. She was only sentenced to a year and a half, which
is about how long an appeal would take. She'd be out before the decision
came down. Might as well just do the time and save on the lawyers' fees.