‘Midnight Rider’ Director’s Manslaughter Conviction Cleared After 10 Years Probation

Film director Randall Miller has had his 2015 involuntary manslaughter conviction cleared after completing 10 years probation, TheWrap reports. Miller was convicted after the 2014 death of second assistant camerawoman Sarah Jones on the set of his movie Midnight Rider: The Gregg Allman Story after an accident involving a freight train. He pleaded guilty and served one year in jail, becoming the first filmmaker to be imprisoned for a film-related death; John Landis was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter following the on-set deaths of Vic Morrow and two child actors during the filming of 1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie, while Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges following the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust were dismissed last year. Miller was able to make use of the Georgia First Offender Act to obtain a court order that wipes the conviction from his record. In a statement, he said, “I am so grateful that this day has finally come. With this exoneration my record has been cleared.”