A new update inside the case Alec Baldwin has shaken the public; it is about the reduction of involuntary manslaughter charges related to the fatal shooting during the filming of the movie “Rust”, which in turn would reduce the prison sentence he faces for the death of Halyna Hutchins.
According to early reports, New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed amended charges for Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed last Friday, eliminating an aggravating factor for the use of a firearm to commit a crime.
It should be noted that heThe removal of this charge reduces the possible prison sentence from a minimum of five years to a maximum of 18 months that Balwin faced. In the beginning.
“In order to prevent further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys, the district attorney and special counsel have removed the firearm aggravation from the manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins,” the spokeswoman for the First Judicial District Attorney of New Mexico said in a statement.
Although until now the actor’s lawyers have kept a low profile in the face of the news, Gutiérrez-Reed’s defense team came out to applaud the prosecutor’s decision. of the First Judicial District in New Mexico.
“We applaud the district attorney’s decision to dismiss the unlawful use of firearm aggravation. It was the right decision, ethically, and on the merits, ”he said in a statement.
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