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New York lawmakers propose allowing prior bad acts to be admissible in sexual assault proceedings
By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Citing the recent overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction in New York, members of the New York State Assembly are introducing a bill this week that would amend the state’s criminal procedure law to allow evidence of a defendant’s prior sexual assault to be admissible as evidence in a sexual assault proceeding. The bill is sponsored by assembly member Amy Paulin, a Democrat who represents parts of Westchester County and has openly shared her experience as a rape survivor. State Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Democrat who represents parts of Queens, is sponsoring the measure in the Senate, and told CNN the bill is “very much” in response to April 25

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