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WKMS featured Pace Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman in "Disgraced Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison"
He violated, quote, "my trust, my body and my basic right to reject his sexual advances," said Miriam Haley. Weinstein will now be in jail in New York before going to a state prison. He's also awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, where he faces four more charges from two different women. Bennett Gershman is a law professor at Pace University.
BENNETT GERSHMAN: What typically happens with extradition is the state that is seeking to have the defendant extradited makes a request. It's a cooperative effort.
FRIEDMAN: Weinstein's legal team could challenge his extradition in court, but Gershman says there are reasons why many defendants don't do that. They don't want to cause trouble with the new jurisdiction - in this case, Los Angeles.
GERSHMAN: Rather than challenging and, you know, interfering and causing a lot of, you know, disturbance with the other system, they may feel that they get a better - you know, they're treated better.
FRIEDMAN: And while that's going on, Weinstein's New York legal team says they'll appeal his conviction. After the sentencing, Attorney Donna Rotunno spoke to reporters on the courthouse steps. She listed some of the reasons she sees for an appeal.
