New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

For those of you who are wondering why Trump seems to get so much leeway, this is why. The prosecutors and judge have to be perfect in their process and their treatment of the defendant, otherwise a conviction can be thrown out like this.
And for those of you complaining about the two-tier justice system, you're 100% correct. Because if someone without the resources of Weinstein or Trump were in a similar situation, they probably wouldn't be able to appeal at all.
At least in Weinstein's case , he won't be released right away, since California has also convicted him. And this is, ironically, a good thing for Trump, also, because he now has something to talk about that won't run afoul of the gag order.
OJ gets out of it, Trump gets out of it, Cosby gets out of it, Weinstein gets out of it... the common thread here is wealth.
Yes, but not just wealth for it's own sake, wealth that can be used to buy the services of good defense lawyers, who know how to exercise every right available to the defense.
Or, in Trump's case, just kinda OK lawyers who get a lot of shit wrong, but know how to file all the paperwork, so that every now and then one of their motions sticks.
Only two of those people were proven guilty in court and then got out later due to their wealth and power. The other two are innocent until proven guilty and 1 of them is dead and died an innocent man.
At least with OJ, he got locked up for a decade for theft and kidnapping. Not exactly life in prison but a decently long sentence. Cosby spent less than a year and a half in prison for raping dozens of women.
Weinstein still has 16 years for his California conviction.
Everyone needs to read and re-read this comment. This is precisely what is going on with Trump.
Eh...
The reason is because NY voters are so progressive, the wealthy throw insane money at statewide primaries.
This is the person that appointed the head of the appealate court.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul
An "independent Democrat" that was Cuomo's running mate and won the election after he was kicked out.
The voters didn't want her, but because it's NY she still beat the Republican, but it was the closest governor race in 30 years for NY.
Neoliberals want to keep the current pro-wealrhy system just as much as republicans, because they have the same donors.
Tell us you don't know what "neoliberal" means without telling us.
Let's also be very clear that the court is made up of (usually white men) people. There are plenty of appeals cases where the court goes to great lengths to keep someone in prison even when the law is 100% on the side of the wrongfully convicted.
I have read a state supreme court say "yes that is the law (to exonerate them) but still we're going to find it's ok (to keep them locked up)". Like, that was almost verbatim the opinion delivered. Can they do that? Well - yeah. Sure the appellant could try for the SCOTUS but #1 they had no money and #2 they'd lose there too, now.
That is one of the other reasons the criminal clown has gotten away with so much for so long.
In the SCOTUS case you are mentioning, they decided that actual innocence didn't matter as long as the proper procedures were followed all along the way.