Harvey Weinstein's NY Conviction Overturned?

[msc545]

Some Judge in New York finally realized that men cannot just be thrown in prison based on the unfounded accusations of women.

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Harvey was trading acting opportunities for sex. Seems like a fair trade to me.

[Chazmatazz269]

It was the appeals court. So seven judges, not one. Also, it was a 4-3 split adjudication.
It’s not really a win against false or otherwise unfounded accusations. When wealthy and powerful individuals beat the odds against them in court, it means nothing for common people.
Also, this decision almost guarantees that New York lawmakers will now write up a statute that mirrors California’s law that explicitly permits the exact kind of testimony that the Molineux standard prohibits in New York. California’s law is pretty bananas. It doesn’t just allow evidence of past crimes that were tried in court. It allows ANY testimony supposedly “relevant” to the charges whether or not charges were ever even filed on that testimony. So if a man pisses off enough women, he can quite literally be convicted on testimony alone, with absolutely zero hard evidence produced.
I, for one, am fairly certain of Weinstein’s guilt. It’s a damn tragedy that the loophole he worms out of culpability with will become the noose around so many other men’s necks in the near future. That’s not justice, friend. Everyone but the rich and powerful is more vulnerable now.

[molonski2]

The initial trail was a complete and utter JOKE ! Taking evidence from individual's who had nothing to do with the case , and this evidence should never have possibly been considered , the entire thing a joke of a witch hunt.

These women full well know there are 1000s of actresses who could play these roles as well as one another , they knew what Harvey was like , so dont play that game

The ridiculous part of all of this bs none of this should have ever happened , complete witch hunt.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

They claim he is hospitalized now?

[exitseven]

He is a democrat and a big Hillery supporter. I was surprised he got convicted in the first place. They usually get a pass.

[Still-alive]

It sucks but hey he’s still gotta serve his sentence in California down so he’s still cooked

[msc545]

yes.

[gorydetails]

Lmao. I’m not surprised in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

He'll just get hung from the gantry instead