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Legal Expert Says Prosecutors 'Botched' Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charges


Lawyer Neama Rahmani told Us that prosecutors ‘botched’ their first attempt to charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter

Rahmani explained that the firearms enhancement was “retroactive,” meaning the statute did not exist at the time of Hutchins’ death, so it was unconstitutional to use the law to charge the actor. Special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis released a statement at the time noting that “new facts” in the case required “further investigation and forensic analysis.” From two arrests to the infamous voicemail he left his daughter Ireland Baldwin, the 30 Rock alum has often made headlines for his controversial behavior — and perhaps never more serious than when he was involved in the fatal […]

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