Source: International Business Times
The voiding of the jury's verdict against Harvey Weinstein by the New York Court of Appeals was a setback to the movement against sexual violence AFP Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial starting Tuesday, on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous verdict was overturned, forcing survivors who helped fire up the "MeToo" movement to testify against him once again. Weinstein's 2017 conviction by a jury was overturned seven years later by an appeals court that ruled the way witnesses were handled in the original New York trial was unlawful. The voiding of the jury's verdict by the New York Court of Appeals was a setback to survivors of the movement against sexual violence and the promotion of justice for survivors.
