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In reply to the discussion: Court overturns Bill Cosby's conviction and bars future prosecution [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)38. I don't understand your response
There was not going to be a criminal conviction, because there was not enough evidence to prosecute. To allow the civil case to go forward, the prosecutor stated he would not seek to convict Cosby on the basis of his own testimony in the civil case. This removed the Fifth Amendment objection Cosby would have otherwise asserted and allowed the civil case to go forward with his testimony.
The later prosecutor decided to proceed with a criminal prosecution, notwithstanding the intent of the first prosecutor and Cosby's reliance on the first prosecutor's statement that the civil case testimony would be off limits in a future prosecution.
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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
I am wondering what the hell that previous prosecutor was trying to accomplish.
lagomorph777
Jun 2021
#16
Nobody. Sounds like a previous prosecutor made a massive, massive mistake.
bearsfootball516
Jun 2021
#10
This sucks. But at least he did some time, and the whole world knows he's guilty
fishwax
Jun 2021
#20
Of course, once again, a Repuke is at the center of a perversion of justice.
clementine613
Jun 2021
#39