Attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin, who currently faces charges of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film “Rust,” are arguing that Baldwin was charged in the October 2021 death under a version of a New Mexico law that wasn’t passed until 2022.
If Baldwin were to be convicted, he would face a maximum sentence of 18 months under the law on the books in 2021, according to The New York Times. The new version of the law, HB 68, signed by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last March, increases the maximum sentence t …