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Baldwin, the 67-year-old star and a producer of the western film, had been facing a felony involuntary manslaughter charge for his role in Hutchins’ accidental shooting.

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The ovation had the character not of high-pitched cheering but of an involuntary low-pitched invocation of wonderment, even disbelief.

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Like John, she has one of the most severe forms of the neurological condition including coprolalia which causes involuntary swearing and explicit outbursts.

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According to the charity Tourettes Action, the key symptoms are involuntary movements or tics and the condition affects one school child in every 100.

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When co-host Lawrence Jones suggested that those refusing these programs could be jailed, Kilmeade escalated his rhetoric: “Or involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill ’em.”

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