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What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway
Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse for a new trial covering the very same allegations — plus one that hasn't been tried before.
In a dissenting opinion, Court of Appeals Judge Madeline Singas wrote that her colleagues in the majority were continuing a "disturbing trend of overturning juries' guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence." Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations — plus one that hasn't been tried before.It isn't double jeopardy, but rather a legal redo after a New York appeals court overturned the landmark #MeToo verdict a year ago.The state's Court of Appeals threw out Weinstein's convictions and 23-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial after finding that the original one was tilted by "egregious" judicial rulings and prejudicial testimony.Jury selection could take a few days. Burke's term expired at the end of 2022, and he is no longer a judge.In a dissenting opinion, Court of Appeals Judge Madeline Singas wrote that her colleagues in the majority were continuing a "disturbing trend of overturning juries' guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence.
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