Crime & Justice

New Witness Bill Could Doom Harvey Weinstein at Retrial

COVERING THE BASES

The proposed law would allow prior bad acts to be used in sexual assault cases—the kind of evidence an appeals court threw out in the Hollywood mogul’s case.

Emily Shugerman
Emily Shugerman 

Senior Reporter

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Emily Shugerman

Emily Shugerman

Senior Reporter

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