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Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein got a break last month when a New York appeals court tossed his sexual assault conviction, ruling that the prosecutors improperly used prior bad acts as evidence at his trial. But the outrage over that decision might mean New York could swiftly change how sexual assault cases are prosecuted — and he could find himself swiftly convicted on the same evidence when he is retried. According to The Daily Beast, “As prosecutors prepare to retry him, a new bill making its way through the New York state legislature could give them a powerful weapon. The bill, introduc…

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