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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison
    2020-03-13  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

HARVEY WEINSTEIN will spend 23 years in a New York State prison after being sentenced by Supreme Court Judge James Burke on Wednesday morning.

Weinstein was convicted Feb. 24 of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.

The sentencing ends Weinstein’s New York trial, which began Jan. 6. His team has said they will appeal the jury’s decision to convict him on two of the five charges he faced.

Judge Burke, before issuing his sentence, told Weinstein that he will be formally registered as a sex offender.

For his conviction on the first-degree count of criminal sexual act, Weinstein was given 20 years in prison plus five years of supervised release. On the other convicted charge, third-degree rape, he was given three years in prison.

The judge decided to make the sentences consecutive, rather than concurrent.

Weinstein’s attorney Donna Rotunno called the sentencing “obscene” in a press conference outside the court house. “Of course it’s too harsh. It’s ridiculous,” she said. “That number was obnoxious. There are murderers who will get out of court faster than Harvey Weinstein will. That number spoke to the pressure of movements in the public, that number did not speak to the evidence that came out in trial. That number did not speak to the testimony that we heard. That number did not speak to evidence, nor did it speak to justice.” Added Rotunno, “We were looking for fairness and we didn’t get it.”

Rotunno said that Weinstein’s team will likely file their appeal, which she previewed, in July. The team said they didn’t know when he would be arraigned on the four charges he faces in Los Angeles County.

Prior to his sentencing, Rotunno had told the judge that Weinstein should get a shorter sentence because he has a “long list of illnesses.”

Weinstein had spent 10 days in the hospital, where he underwent a heart procedure, after experiencing high blood pressure and heart palpitations following his conviction.

Before his sentencing, Weinstein — who opted not to testify during his New York sexual assault trial — addressed the judge. Speaking, in a low voice, of the women who have accused him of misconduct, he said, “I have great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all women.”

He added, “I really feel remorse for this situation. I feel it deeply in my heart.”

Lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi had asked Judge Burke to sentence Weinstein to “the maximum or near the maximum” years in prison, which could have been up to 29 years.

Outside the court house, attorney Gloria Allred, who represents several of Weinstein’s accusers, held up a sign that read: “This Is What Justice Looks Like: 20 + 3 Years.” (SD-Agencies)

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