CNN —When a Manhattan jury found movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of sex crimes in 2020, the verdict seemed to herald a new era of accountability.
I was not shocked by the reversal, nor do I view this as the demise of sex crimes prosecution.
New York's highest court overturned his sex crimes conviction last week.
Another important innovation is the use of sex crimes experts to educate the jury — and in high-profile cases, the public.
Join us on Twitter and FacebookIn this post-#MeToo age of sex crimes prosecution, I have described sex crimes experts as a needed if partial corrective to the credibility discount.
Persons:
Deborah Tuerkheimer, Harvey Weinstein, Deborah Tuerkheimer Eileen Molony, Weinstein, I’m, “ untruthful, Seth Wenig, —, Weinstein hadn’t, Barbara Ziv, Ziv, ” Ziv
Organizations:
Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, CNN, New, American Law Institute, of, Twitter, Facebook
Locations:
Manhattan, New York, California