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Crime and Justice News
Jan 301 min read
Judge Denies Request For Earlier Trial Date From Weinstein, Who Describes Rikers Island as a "Medieval Situation."
Harvey Weinstein unsuccessfully begged a Manhattan judge Wednesday to move up his trial date, claiming he’s not sure he’ll live until the...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Harvey Weinstein Faces New Sexual Assault Charge From a Manhattan Accuser
Seven years after sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein turbocharged the #MeToo movement, the ex-movie...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Harvey Weinstein Faces New Criminal Charges in NY
Harvey Weinstein faces new criminal charges, a prosecutor announced on Thursday. During a hearing before Judge Curtis Farber in New York...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 10, 20242 min read
NYC Prosecutors Plan New Weinstein Sexual Assault Charges Before Retrial
Manhattan prosecutors announced on Tuesday their plans to file additional sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein in light of the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20241 min read
New York Considers Stronger Sex Crime Prosecutions After Weinstein
New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard that Harvey Weinstein used to get his rape conviction overturned, proposing a bill...
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Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20241 min read
Harvey Weinstein Will Be Retried
A week after New York's highest court overturned his conviction for rape and sexual assault, prosecutors said on Wednesday that they will...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20241 min read
Former D.A. Not Surprised to See NY Court Grant Retrial to Weinstein
A former prosecutor who has spent 30 years in the Manhattan DA's office said she wasn't surprised that the New York Court of Appeals...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned In New York
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges was overturned by New York’s highest court on Thursday, when the New York...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Harvey Weinstein Appeals Hearing Today For 2020 NY Rape Conviction
Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday...
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