"Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial.
The New York Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the trial.
The ruling said that meant he was tried on past behaviour and not solely on the crimes he was charged with."
@Carnivius The decision is shit but from what I can tell it's a mistrial so he'll be re-tried, and he's being moved to a CA prison because he's still convicted there.
Bad decision as the dissent points out, but symbolic at best in impact. Kind of the opposite of what happened to Cosby in fact.
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