Alec Baldwin case dismissed with prejudice

[MightyGiants]

I can't say I am surprised the prosecution was guilty of misconduct, as the decision to prosecute was a complete and utter disgrace

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx8290qn0n5o

[Ed Vette]

They withheld critical evidence and they should be on notice to be disbarred.

[MightyGiants]

They withheld critical evidence and they should be on notice to be disbarred.

There were two prosecutors.  One resigned because the other one (who reportedly called Baldwin a "cocksu**") wanted to still proceed.   The one that stayed made the highly unusual move of taking the stand to testify.  The excuse she gave was that in her opinion the evidence wasn't relevant, but that is not her call to make.  I agree, that one should be disbarred or at the very least, lose her job. 

[LennG]

The case against him was just plain stupid.
It has all been said before

[EDjohnst1981]

Disclosure failures is my primary academic research interest.

This is utterly appalling. It's so rife - across the globe.

I'd say it's the biggest cause of a miscarriage of justice in common law jurisdictions like ours.

[DaveBrown74]

Alec Baldwin did very well to keep his cool and not allow himself to be provoked into something physical here. It would have been understandable but that would have been a bad outcome for him despite the clear provocation.

https://x.com/JasonScoop/status/1894056180546224170

[MightyGiants]

Alec Baldwin did very well to keep his cool and not allow himself to be provoked into something physical here. It would have been understandable but that would have been a bad outcome for him despite the clear provocation.

https://x.com/JasonScoop/status/1894056180546224170

Our country has gone to the dogs.  Honor, honesty, and human decency are no longer valued by far too many in this country.

[kartanoman]

Our country has gone to the dogs.  Honor, honesty, and human decency are no longer valued by far too many in this country.

You may be too kind in your assessment, Rich @MightyGiants . They managed to squeeze in a series for TLC, "The Baldwins," which is about on par with "90 Day Fiancé:"

6 Takeaways From Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's TLC Reality Show

Yeah, "Hilaria, hilarious" allright!

Peace!

[DaveBrown74]

Our country has gone to the dogs.  Honor, honesty, and human decency are no longer valued by far too many in this country.

I looked the heckler up, and he has done this sort of thing before to various people including Hillary Clinton and Robert DeNiro. I'm surprised nobody has ever taken a swing at him (at least not anyone famous), but is this even legal? Does the first amendment permit you to harass someone in their face the way he was doing to Baldwin here? I guess since he wasn't threatening him or blocking him from moving he probably did not cross a criminal line but you have to think he could get sued at some point.

Either way it's kind of sad that this is how this individual chooses to spend his time. I can't imagine it's lucrative, and it's almost certainly not going to lead to anything bigger. Maybe he gets enjoyment out of getting lots of clicks and going viral for a day but I don't know what the point is beyond that.