Harvey Weinstein will not get his day in court, if the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has anything to say about it.
Rogue jurors or not, Weinstein doesn’t deserve to have the rape retrial verdict from this past summer overturned and there’s no need for a hearing on the long-incarcerated producer’s request, according to Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg ‘s team.
“Nearly four full months after the guilty verdict, defendant filed this motion to set aside the verdict … on the ground of claimed trial errors in the Court’s response to notes submitted by two jurors during jury deliberations,” prosecutors said in an opposition filing late Tuesday in response to the much accused and repeatedly convicted Weinstein’s latest legal move.
“The Court responded appropriately during trial to the t

Deadline

Associated Press US News
Raw Story
Reuters US Business
CNN Business
Law & Crime
AlterNet
The Daily Beast
Newsweek Top