Maldives Ex-President Freed From Jail After Court Overturns Conviction


by NDTV

NDTV— Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.

Los Angeles Times—Harvey Weinstein rape conviction overturned by N.Y. court; California conviction stays. In a dramatic reversal of the nation's landmark #MeToo trial, a New York appeals court on Thursday overturned the sex assault conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The state appeals court found, in a 4-3 decision, that the judge who presided over Weinstein’s 2020 trial prejudiced his case by allowing four women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to serve as witnesses even though their allegations were not a part of the case. The trial judge also made a mistake, the court...

KFDI—Appeals court overturns Weinstein sex crimes conviction. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has had his conviction for sex crimes in New York overturned. The New York Court of Appeals ruled Weinstein did not receive a fair trial. The

CafeMom—Harvey Weinstein Rape Conviction Has Been Overturned by a NY Court. A New York court of appeals has overturned the Harvey Weinstein rape conviction.