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Judge Napolitano calls Weinstein verdict a 'monumental setback' for government
Foxnews ^ | 02/24/2020 | Joshua Nelson

Posted on 02/24/2020 1:30:02 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted to the Harvey Weinstein verdict on “America’s Newsroom” Monday, calling it a "significant victory" for the disgraced movie producer and a "monumental setback" for prosecutors.

Weinstein, 67, was convicted of first-degree commission of a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape but was acquitted of two more serious charges of predatory sexual assault, as well as first-degree rape. The charges Weinstein was convicted of carry a total sentence of up to 29 years in prison.

“He’s still facing serious time," Napolitano said. "But, these are not the life sentences, the big ones the government wanted."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: monumental; napolitano; verdict; weinstein
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1 posted on 02/24/2020 1:30:02 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nappy strikes again.


2 posted on 02/24/2020 1:30:11 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’d like to see a rape victim kick this buffoon square in his dyed head.


3 posted on 02/24/2020 1:32:25 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a stupid putz. At Weinstein’s age, they’re a virtual death sentence.


4 posted on 02/24/2020 1:32:35 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There was no evidence.


5 posted on 02/24/2020 1:33:56 PM PST by The Toll
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Napolitano is unreliable in what he says......he’s been proven wrong mor times than not.


6 posted on 02/24/2020 1:34:41 PM PST by caww
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This guy Nap has lost at least 30 IQ points over the past year or so.


7 posted on 02/24/2020 1:35:18 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Not a life sentence”

The guy is 67 yrs old so a 29 yr sentence makes him 96 when he gets out less any good behavior time.

His life as he once knew it is over.


8 posted on 02/24/2020 1:36:24 PM PST by billyboy15
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s slightly weird that this idiot gives his opinion on the air and someone at Fox thinks it’s worth spinning it into an article.


9 posted on 02/24/2020 1:36:43 PM PST by Rastus
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To: billyboy15

Hes’ not going to get 29 years.
He will only get 5 and be out on parole in 2.
Watch and see.


10 posted on 02/24/2020 1:38:03 PM PST by Deo et patriae (Make America Great again! rantings.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think Harvey’s too happy about it.


11 posted on 02/24/2020 1:38:26 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: JonPreston

lol


12 posted on 02/24/2020 1:39:29 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: dp0622

At some point they lie to themselves. I’ve seen it in Savage and O’riely.


13 posted on 02/24/2020 1:40:45 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The trial should not have lasted more than an hour. Looking at Harvey Weinstein, the only way this man is going to get him some is through brute force. No way could anything with him be consensual....unless it’s with a blind hooker desperately needing rent money and even then sleeping outside in the cold on a heated grate may be the better alternative.


14 posted on 02/24/2020 1:41:02 PM PST by chuckee
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To: Deo et patriae

Hes’ not going to get 29 years.
He will only get 5 and be out on parole in 2.
Watch and see.

And you’d know that how.....?


15 posted on 02/24/2020 1:41:14 PM PST by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This criminal conviction does not preclude the pursuit of civil damages by the plaintiffs, or which I am sure there are many.

Weinstein ain’t out of the woods (not that he was going to be in this lifetime). But he can stand as a signal lesson for all would-be “predator alpha males” out there waiting for the opportunity to strike.

The wages, when a final accounting is made, are not so good.


16 posted on 02/24/2020 1:41:36 PM PST by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Weinstein is scum, but you gotta admit..reading between the lines it seems that most if not all his conquests were in the end voluntary casting couch with lots of pressure and as further evidence, nobody including all the big time actresses pretending to be victims now had a problem with it for years. Whats a bigger deal to me is the attempted coverup and intimidation afterward.

Sure its scummy but I’m not really sure I would want to go down the path toward making pressuring someone into having sex even with a lot of pressure a crime. I always got the feeling the worst bits were chopped up to give an out of context feeling. This is really the corrupt establishment Left vs fanatic new radical feminist Left that wants to make sex illegal. Its really hard to root for either side tbh.


17 posted on 02/24/2020 1:41:45 PM PST by jarwulf
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The jury was hung over those two charges, and said so to the judge. The judge ordered the jury to continue deliberating.

I'll bet that someone on the jury wasn't going to vote 'guilty,' so everybody else wanted to go home and voted 'not guilty' instead.

Had the judge accepted the hung jury verdict, Weinstein could have been retried. Now he cannot.

Nice work, you Honor.

18 posted on 02/24/2020 1:43:19 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: sanjuanbob

Hes’ not going to get 29 years.
He will only get 5 and be out on parole in 2.
Watch and see.

And you’d know that how.....?

There are victims that not had their cases tried against him


19 posted on 02/24/2020 1:45:38 PM PST by Dacula (Do you know what is really odd? Numbers not divisible by two.)
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To: Deo et patriae

Hes’ not going to get 29 years.
He will only get 5 and be out on parole in 2.
Watch and see.


Agreed.

And then he’ll produce a film with “gritty insight” into the US penal system, which Hollyweird will eagerly lap up.


20 posted on 02/24/2020 1:46:28 PM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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