When onetime movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted of criminal sexual abuse and rape in February, the verdict was lauded as a new day for women, who once felt powerless at the hands of the powerful. And on March 11, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison, as a result of the guilty verdict. It was slow justice but justice nonetheless.
Although Weinstein was acquitted on the most serious charges against him—predatory sexual assault against two women and one count of first-degree rape—many observers were surprised the jury convicted him at all.
