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Trial date set for Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial

today28 February, 2024

Background

Actor Alec Baldwin will go on trial in July after being charged in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico. Prosecutors dismissed the charges against Baldwin in April 2023 but then again indicted Baldwin in January this year after prosecutors received new analysis of the gun. The actor could face up to 18 months in prison if convicted in this first of its kind trial. Jody Jacobs reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen