My colleague Becca Lower wrote the breaking story earlier about how the involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed against actor Alec Baldwin in the shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Read More: BREAKING: Judge Grants Motion to Dismiss in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Case
I wanted you to see the video of the judge explaining her decision to understand the nature of the dismissal. The judge dismissed the case after ruling that the prosecution had withheld evidence from the defense. She walks through the various elements to meet the requirements for withholding the evidence. The judge held the withholding of the evidence was “intentional and deliberate.”
The judge continued:
“The late discovery of this evidence during trial has impeded the effective use of evidence in such a way that it has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Marlowe Sommer…
