Bill Cosby’s Sexual Conviction Overturned
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I am sure The Cosby Show cast is happy the reruns can resume.
^^^ They have been running… and they’re available on Demand on Comcast channel 865/TVONE, but they’ll probably be more widely available.
The decision speaks more to the criminality of the prosecutor than the case against Cosby. But, it is true, today he is a free man with a clean criminal record. The US Constitution wins again!
Yup! For some the Bill of Rights and the Constitution are still the foundation of our singular Republic.
These days a lot of people change their sexual convictions.
IBTL. In case, this thread becomes interesting.
It is quite possible that two things are true at the same time; that he is guilty, and that the prosecution against him was crooked and unlawful. There don’t seem to be any heroes in this story on any side.
We are adults. No reason to be IBTL. I was at the office today when I read online about him being free. I only knew of what I briefly read online, and knew he was in jail for rape. I never followed the case nor do I care. I did however learn through call I was on today this actually came up. As it was explained to me the complaint sued in Civil court. Mr . Cosby agreed to give basically a confession of rape, tell he did give pills and sexually assaulted victim. Both parties agreed on those terms, and a money settlement would have been reached. However a new DA filed criminal charge based on his civil disposition. That’s flat out illegal, and wrong , he spent 3 years in jail and is now free. Did he rape her? Yes! Did the DA violate the constitution? Yes. Now the Victim who was seeking money won’t get it. And punishment of 3 years served is all anyone will ever get. Who wins? Nobody my 2 cents
We, the people, do! Hopefully the DA will be, at least, censured, at best disbarred. The result of his action means a guilty, self-admittedly, Cosby "got away with it" but, the right to not incriminate one's self is still intact, at least in Pennsylvania .. for the foreseeable future anyway. So, "we the people" win and the aggrieved/violated feel let down. But, the blame rests wtih the DA and no one else.
Three years is three years. And a man once held in the highest esteem will live the rest of his life known to be a scumbag and shunned by the majority. Perhaps not Justice to the full extent but he didn't get off unscathed either.
Things are too civilized. Rapists, women beaters, and child molesters don't need to breath.
I thought Bing Crosby died a long time ago..............
He got off on what is a "technicality". That does not mean he didn't do what the victims claimed. That means he had good, scumbag attorneys that took most of his money in order to find a loop hole. Just like OJ or any other super rich a-hole. Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you freedom from justice.
When OJ was tried I knew he would get off. Why? Money and influence win every time. I'm surprised Cosby did a day of time.
Lawyers are thugs in suits and judges can be bought for the asking. The grim reality of this is that if you're young and black and go to court, you're going to do time. A very high percent of the young black male population is in Jail.
This has nothing to do with justice but instead striking judicial racism.
Lawyers are thugs in suits and judges can be bought for the asking. The grim reality of this is that if you're young and black and go to court, you're going to do time. A very high percent of the young black male population is in Jail.
This has nothing to do with justice but instead striking judicial racism.
Bill Cosby to his victim, "Hey, hey, hey it's time for Fat Albert!".
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I have zero love for Bill Crosby but those "technicalities" are important. In any felony, the state has a significant advantage. If they're not forced to play by the rules, almost everybody accused of anything, no matter how ridiculous, would be found guilty. I think the saying is "better that 100 guilty people go free than one innocent one unjustly put in prison".
So, the DA got paid under the table? I'm not seeing that.
Cosby admitted, in civil court, to his guilt and the aftermath of that is where the DA took the case to criminal court at a later date, denying Cosby his civil rights. The DA ignored the law. The first DA, not seeing a case, provided Cosby with legal protection for his testimony in the civil case. Justice might have been ill served but, in the end ... his constitutional rights, ours also withstood the challenge.
Apparently there was no case, criminal, to be successfully prosecuted unless Cosby forfieted his rights, which he didn't. So, the State of Pennsylvania, in the guise of the second DA, purposefully denied Cosby his rights under the law. So, more a case of the second DA going for a bit of fame, catering to the politics in vogue at the time, at the expense of a citizen's civil rights. Those rights are to protect all of us, guilty and innocent. We are all entitled to whatever "feelings" we have with the case but, I'm of the opinion that our "rights" trump "feelings", every time, all the time. So sometimes "bad" guys go free.
Most of the Supremes decisions which "handcuff" law enforcement are the direct result of DA's and cops depriving citizens of their "inalienable" rights. Miranda being one such case most of us are at least familiar with after watching TV cop shows. I believe it was one dumb or ill trained mid-west copper who caused that decision. But, I and the rest of the law enforcement community learned to live with it. The more cops lied to get warrants, the tougher getting warrants became.
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