Gregg Jarrett: Alec Baldwin may face these criminal consequences in the fatal shooting on his film set
We often think of an accidental death as something happening by chance that was unintentional. This would be a convenient way of explaining the tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico film set of the movie "Rust." However, criminal law is rarely convenient. Nor is it simple. Murder and manslaughter are complex concepts in the law of homicide. Even an accidental death can rise to the level of criminal homicide if it involves reckless acts or grossly negligent conduct – especially if the calamitous consequence was reasonably foreseeable. Within this broad framework, the still-developing facts involving the actor Alec Baldwin give us some guidance about who, if anyone, might be culpable for potential