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The New York State Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow evidence of a defendant’s prior sexual offenses to be admissible in sex crimes cases. The bill, which passed with a vote of 55-4, now moves to the State Assembly for further consideration.
The bill comes in response to the New York Court of Appeals’ decision last month to overturn the rape conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The court found that the trial judge had unfairly allowed women to testify about assault allegations that were not part of the criminal charges against Weinstein.
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