Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein had a blast legal victory Thursday after the New York State Supreme Court overturned a 2020 conviction for two counts of felony sexual assault.
Mr. Weinstein, 71, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and is currently being held in a prison in Rome, New York.
extreme left new york times report In a 4-3 vote, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge should not have allowed prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who say they were assaulted by Mr. Weinstein; It was not part of the file a complaint against him. ”
The appeals court identified additional errors and ruled that Weinstein did not receive a fair trial. This is true. This should have been a 7-0 turnaround.
At this point, Manhattan’s district attorney, Trump persecutor Alvin L. Bragg, has the choice of retrying Weinstein or giving up and extraditing the notorious Oscar-winning producer to California. can. In 2022, Weinstein was found guilty of raping a woman in Beverly Hills and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
This whole fiasco strikes me as a classic case of a guilty man. It is beyond outrageous that prosecutors were allowed to parade a series of women in front of a jury to make unproven allegations of sexual misconduct against Weinstein. It goes beyond prejudice and directly leads to judicial malpractice. At the time, I was shocked that the judge allowed this, but in the heat of the #MeToo witch hunt, appeasing the mob is far more important than respecting the U.S. Constitution and basic fairness. There were concerns.
Harvey Weinstein is a pig. No questions asked. But even pigs deserve a fair trial, and the moment we stop giving pigs a fair trial, the line between an unfair trial and a fair trial will no longer be the same as you and me. Even closer for non-pigs.
First, the “series of women” Weinstein told jurors that he had victimized them have never proven their claims in court. That alone should have prevented the judge from allowing them to testify.
Second, even if Weinstein were found guilty of assaulting a witness, the state could still prove that Weinstein was guilty of the charges in question without prejudicing the jury for his past conduct. I have to do that.
I’m not defending people like Harvey Weinstein, Alec Baldwin, Woody Allen, or Bill Maher. I don’t.I protect their rights as a means of protection. myself. I want the worst people in the world (Weinstein, Baldwin) and the people I disagree with the most (Allen, Maher) to be able to express their God-given rights to the fullest, both in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion. I hope. . why? Because if their rights are safe, then my rights are safe, and turning a blind eye or continuing to see their rights being violated only hurts my rights. Because in that case, that line will get closer to me.
Mr. Weinstein will not be released immediately. If Mr. Bragg, the fascist election meddler, decides to retry his case, Mr. Weinstein will likely have to remain in prison until his new trial. Even if it doesn’t, Weinstein still has time to serve in California.
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