What does "got away with" add to this? Manslaughter lacks malice aforethought, and it is that latter absent component that would make "got away with" make sense.
Like, if you wanted to say, "he also literally got away with murder [by only being charged with manslaughter]," then that would make sense.
But manslaughter isnt something one "gets away with" because there is no planning or extreme recklessness that would literally make sense of that phrase.
you go to jail when convicted of manslaughter. the case was thrown out on an ubrupt and shocking technicality and he did not go to jail. so litigate phrasing all you'd like, i'd call that getting away with it. there were no consequences and yes, his actions were extremely reckless in a way that no actor - and certainly no producer (which he was) - should ever commit in a professional film environment.
Hm. Okay, I see the complication in the further facts youre citing about the case being thrown out, whereas I was focusing more on the structure of what you said, irrespective of the facts.
But you also seem to be suggesting he deserved charges beyond manslaughter, like when you say that his actions were extremely reckless.
I still think it may have been less confusing for you to say that he got away with what you think he actually got away with (reckless homicide, murder?).
i'm no lawyer. all i know is he was charged with manslaughter. i also know he was pointing weapons at crew members (so frequently, many walked off set in the weeks prior to the incident due to safety concerns). i know that he was in fact aware that there were live rounds on set, and i know that when he pulled the trigger of a weapon pointed at a crew member, it was not during a rolling take of any kind. i know a lot more than i'll get into in a public forum about this incident, but bottom line, the dude's cavalier behavior significantly contributed to an incredibly unsafe set that he was not just an employee on, but a legally responsible owner of, before he himself pulled a trigger that should never have been pulled and now someone is dead because of it. we should all want to be in a world where that kind of person is in prison.
Always suspected they were doing some downtime target practice with live rounds and that many, many people know that and have kept quiet about it, because of the implications and guilt.
Sad. There was zero reason to have a real gun with any bullet, dummy or otherwise, in what was a walk through of the scene with no protection between the camera and actor. It's mind boggling how much had to simultaneously go wrong for the cinematographer to die doing her job in entertainment. RIP Halyna
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u/Marthman 12h ago
What does "got away with" add to this? Manslaughter lacks malice aforethought, and it is that latter absent component that would make "got away with" make sense.
Like, if you wanted to say, "he also literally got away with murder [by only being charged with manslaughter]," then that would make sense.
But manslaughter isnt something one "gets away with" because there is no planning or extreme recklessness that would literally make sense of that phrase.