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Alec Baldwin Trial: Jury Selection Begins in Manslaughter Case


Alec Baldwin's lawyers and prosecutors are looking for 12 jurors and four alternates who can be impartial in the highly publicized case.

Jury selection is underway in the Santa Fe, N.M., trial of Alec Baldwin, who faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted in the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s public image — including his brash, liberal politics and his long-running impression of former President Trump on “Saturday Night Live” — can have a polarizing effect. At the hearing, Marlowe Sommer excluded evidence of Baldwin’s role as a producer, making it harder for prosecutors to blame him for systemic safety issues on set.

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