Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction is overturned by New York's top court
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Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) New Yorks highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein s 2020 rape conviction with a ruling that shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era and left those who testified in the case bracing for a retrial against the ex-movie mogul.
The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against Weinstein based on allegations that werent part of the case.
Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape. But the New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in Americas reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein.
#MeToo advocates noted that Thursdays ruling was based on legal technicalities and not an exoneration of Weinsteins behavior, saying the original trial irrevocably moved the cultural needle on attitudes about sexual assault.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-metoo-appeal-ed29faeec862abf0c071e8bd3574c4a3
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(15,019 posts)in other jurisdictions for their other crimes even after they've gotten one sentence in one jurisdiction which was longer than their current life expectancy.