A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, ordering a new trial in stunning landmark #MeToo case. The entertainment mogul was convicted on two charges.

We can at least take solace in the fact that he isn’t being released:

Even though the New York appeals court overturned Weinstein’s conviction, that does not mean he is getting out of prison.

After Weinstein’s sentencing in New York in 2020, he was extradited to California in July 2021 to face sexual assault allegations made by four women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013.

In December 2022, he was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving a woman known as Jane Doe 1. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in February 2023. Weinstein’s legal team has vowed to appeal that conviction as well.

Guy is literally an international sex pest:

Weinstein also faces charges in London for two alleged offenses in 1996.

  • airrowEnglish
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    7 months ago

    are judges liable in any way for making bad calls in cases like these? like, can they lose ability to judge or something if they fail to uphold the law?