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INSANE: Prosecutors downgrade charges in alec baldwin shooting case | Rare Historical Photos

Alec Baldwin, seen here at a film festival in 2021, has denied that he was at fault for accidentally shooting and killing a person on a New Mexico movie set [File: Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic/AFP]

United States actor Alec Baldwin will not face the possibility of enhanced sentencing in a case where he is accused of fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, reducing the amount of potential prison time he could face.

According to a court filing made public on Monday, prosecutors have dropped the possibility of exercising a firearms-enhancement law that would have set the minimum sentence for a guilty verdict at five years.

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