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Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges was overturned Thursday morning by New York’s highest court. The New York Court of Appeals ruled 4-3 that the trial judge who presided over the foundational case of the #MeToo era made a crucial mistake by allowing prosecutors to call a series of women as witnesses who testified that the film producer had assaulted them but whose accusations were not among the charges against him, reported the New York Times. The appellate court found that decision and other errors had violated Weinstein’s right to a fair trial, adding that he was …

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