Weinstein verdict marks 'new era of justice' for workplace abuse victims

Women’s rights advocates hailed former film producer Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on two criminal sexual assault charges as the beginning of a “new era of justice” that sends the message to workplace abusers that “there’s no going back.” Weinstein was convicted Monday of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree and rape in the third degree and acquitted of additional charges of predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape. Tina Tchen, president and CEO of the Time’s…