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shelshaw

(686 posts) Wed Jun 30, 2021, 12:49 PM Jun 2021

Court overturns Bill Cosby's conviction and bars future prosecution [View all]

What the hell???

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/30/court-overturns-bill-cosbys-sex-assault-conviction-bars-further-prosecution.html

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Court overturns Bill Cosby's conviction and bars future prosecution [View all] shelshaw Jun 2021 OP

I'm disgusted nt XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #1

+1 nitpicker Jun 2021 #3

WTF? wryter2000 Jun 2021 #2

An agreement with a previous prosecutor that he wouldn't be charged is the reason. Drunken Irishman Jun 2021 #4

Why was this not raised during the original trial that he had an agreement with the madinmaryland Jun 2021 #19

It was raised. The trial judge Tomconroy Jun 2021 #21

It was Effete Snob Jun 2021 #27

Technicality in strategy. DAMN! lindysalsagal Jun 2021 #5

Wait... this says the PSC says Takket Jun 2021 #33

If The Reporting Is Accurate... ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #6

I am wondering what the hell that previous prosecutor was trying to accomplish. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #16

It allowed Constand to proceed with her civil claim against Cosby Effete Snob Jun 2021 #23

Thanks - that actually makes sense. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #30

So, you would have decided the victim shouldn't get a civil judgment? Effete Snob Jun 2021 #26

I'd Need To See More Legal Opinions ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #36

I don't understand your response Effete Snob Jun 2021 #38

Yes You Do ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #40

Who did he bribe? greatauntoftriplets Jun 2021 #7

The prosecutor badly fouled up Sympthsical Jun 2021 #8

Typical incompetent Republican. Drunken Irishman Jun 2021 #9

This is everyone's shocked face n/t Sympthsical Jun 2021 #11

He not only got the time NJCher Jun 2021 #13

His wife compared his conviction to a lynching. She never left. NYC Liberal Jun 2021 #18

Nobody. Sounds like a previous prosecutor made a massive, massive mistake. bearsfootball516 Jun 2021 #10

A prosecutor who went on to become Trump's defense lawyer StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #12

The agreement was made Tomconroy Jun 2021 #22

Depends on your point of view fescuerescue Jun 2021 #28

well now that you look at it that way NJCher Jun 2021 #31

This is really the question of the day, isn't it? Dr. Strange Jun 2021 #35

Why? He had a case he could not win. former9thward Jun 2021 #37

Is it a tRump judge who made the ruling? MiniMe Jun 2021 #14

This was the PA Supreme Court Effete Snob Jun 2021 #24

There are surely other cases to move forward now though Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 #15

Another rapist walks... LizBeth Jun 2021 #17

This sucks. But at least he did some time, and the whole world knows he's guilty fishwax Jun 2021 #20

Massive screw-up. Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #25

Cosby already proclaiming it justice for black America n/m BradAllison Jun 2021 #29

Justice served $$$$$$$$$$ finally RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2021 #32

Great to be rich, isn't it? Takket Jun 2021 #34

Of course, once again, a Repuke is at the center of a perversion of justice. clementine613 Jun 2021 #39