This ain't N.Y. and other reasons Harvey Weinstein won't win in California court

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A colorful Republican lawmaker in 1995 created a far-reaching and ahead-of-its-time California law that is likely to keep Harvey Weinstein's conviction intact.

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One thing he learned was that where there was one victim in a sex crime willing to go to court, there were likely others whose cases couldn't quite meet the legal standards, but who were clearly part of a pattern of behavior. Judges would not allow those other victims to testify because California law at the time — like New York's law today — gave only a general standard for when 'prior bad acts' evidence could be introduced in any kind of crime.

 

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