Bill Cosby Appeals Sexual Assault Prison Sentence, Lawyers Claims Judge Made Serious Errors [View all]

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Source: Law & Crime

by Ronn Blitzer Oct 8th, 2018, 9:06 am

Attorneys for disgraced comedian Bill Cosby are fighting his recent criminal conviction and prison sentence for sexual assault, filing an appeal that claims the judge erred in handling the case.

Lawyers Peter Goldberger and Joseph P. Green Jr. argue that Judge Steven O'Neill should not have allowed testimony of other women who have accused Cosby of sexual assault to be admissible in the trial, which only dealt with whether Cosby sexually assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004.

Additionally, Cosby's team claims that Judge O'Neill went too far with his sentence of three to ten years behind bars, plus deeming him a "sexually violent predator" who needs to register as a sex offender. O'Neill defended the sentence when he issued it on September 25.

"Any lesser sentence would seriously depreciate the seriousness of the crime," he said, noting, "We can't treat him differently because of who he is or who he was."

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