The Jan. 6 Committee Just Made History. Here’s What That Means for Prosecutors
Since 2017 the name Harvey Weinstein has been practically synonymous with “sexual predator”. In the years since the wave of accusations against the former movie mogul, it has even been argued, as a defense, that other serial abusers are not as bad as Mr. Weinstein.
But Mr. Weinstein’s notoriety is not supposed to matter if you are selected to serve on a jury in a trial of his crimes. Jurors are usually instructed to decide each case exclusively on its own facts. And it is a hotly disputed question how much prosecutors are allowed to disclose to the jury about a defendant’s past when, like Mr.… Seguir leyendo »