Reaction has been pouring in after the New York State Court of Appeals overturned the disgraced movie producer's 2020 rape conviction. CBS New York Elijah Westbrook has the latest details.
Doesn’t matter he still imprisoned. Despite his guilt he did not get a fair trial due to publicity, a book, women running to media, this was all before he even had a trial. So jurors already made up their minds. I can understand that point. An accussed still deserves a fair impartial trial. Probably was guilty. But all that publicity did not help. And sometimes people , maybe not Weinstein, are truly innocent and found guilty. That’s why this case bothered me. Man never had a chance due to public outcry. A trial is even a guilty man’s last civil right’s.
Hopefully! I think these Weinstein and Cosby rulings will help the justice system tremendously, as they mark a repudiation of this "it's ok to cheat" metoo era justice.
We've all decided to forgive #metoo. Everyone is entitled to a fair trial. If Harvey has to have a new trial then that's justice for all of us who are Americans.