The Frame When a 74‑year‑old former studio chief is wheeled into a Manhattan courtroom in 2026 to receive a 15‑year term for a 2006 assault, the headline is not the punishment but the precedent. Six years of appeals, a retrial, and a cultural movement that began in 2017 have turned a single conviction into a stress test for the architecture of impunity that once protected moguls, politicians, and financiers alike. The sentencing is a data point in a larger recalibration: the price of power is being re‑priced in public, legal, and capital markets simultaneously. The Signal Most coverage treats the case as a moral victory for the #MeToo movement, yet the structural signal is quieter. The conviction rate for felony sexual assault in New York State hovers near 5 %, a figure that has barely moved since the 1990s despite a surge in reporting. Weinstein’s case succeeded because it combined a rare alignment: a...