The lawyer defending fallen Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein from rape and sexual assault charges called those testifying against his client “women with broken dreams” as he made his final pitch to jurors. A New York state appeals court had thrown out Weinstein’s 2020 convictions after irregularities in the presentation of witnesses at his original trial,…
A jury of seven women and five men has been picked for Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial, a more female panel than the five women and seven men who convicted the onetime Hollywood honcho at his first trial five years ago. Opening statements aren’t expected until Wednesday, as prosecutors and defence lawyers still need time…
NAGPUR: Bombay HC’s Nagpur bench has ordered retrial in a rape case while highlighting “alarming state of affairs” in most criminal trials due to non-compliance of Section 309 of CrPC that mandates day-to-day trials.The court emphasised in its recent order that rape is a crime not only against the survivor, but also against womanhood. It…