He signed a plea deal in 2005 to cooperate with civil suits in order to get immunity. The next DA said F that plea deal(which is wrong) and prosecuted him anyway and used the civil suit stuff on their case
In 2005, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor learned that Andrea Constand had reported that William Cosby had sexually assaulted her in 2004 at his Cheltenham residence. Along with his top deputy prosecutor and experienced detectives, District Attorney Castor thoroughly investigated Constand’s claim. In evaluating the likelihood of a successful prosecution of Cosby, the district attorney foresaw difficulties with Constand’s credibility as a witness based, in part, upon her decision not to file a complaint promptly. D.A. Castor further determined that a prosecution would be frustrated because there was no corroborating forensic evidence and because testimony from other potential claimants against Cosby likely was inadmissible under governing laws of evidence. The collective weight of these considerations led D.A. Castor to conclude that, unless Cosby confessed, “there was insufficient credible and admissible [J-100-202- 2 evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”1 Seeking “some measure of justice” for Constand, D.A. Castor decided that the Commonwealth would decline to prosecute Cosby for the incident involving Constand, thereby allowing Cosby to be forced to testify in a subsequent civil action, under penalty of perjury, without the benefit of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. 2 Unable to invoke any right not to testify in the civil proceedings, Cosby relied upon the district attorney’s declination and proceeded to provide four sworn depositions. During those depositions, Cosby made several incriminating statements. D.A. Castor’s successors did not feel bound by his decision, and decided to prosecute Cosby notwithstanding that prior undertaking. The fruits of Cosby’s reliance upon D.A. Castor’s decisionCosby’s sworn inculpatory testimonywere then used by D.A. Castor’s successors against Cosby at Cosby’s criminal trial. We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether D.A. Castor’s decision not to prosecute Cosby in exchange for his testimony must be enforced against the Commonwealth. 3
I understand why he is being released
But **** that low life for the rest of his miserable life
Gonna be funny to see dudes celebrate a rapist going free like he is Mandela
I don't know about that part. Since a judge's ruling like the happen...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction.apnews.com
This is HUGE for due process.
The solution to sexual assault cannot be the denial of equal justice under law.
Prosecutors need to be held to account.
Nobody won. Not the victims, not Cosby, not anyone.
Yes. His confession in the civil suit was used against him even tho he had immunity
Bill got out just in time for his 84th bday. Son about to turn up.Bill finna stroll out of the jail in some Chelsea boots and become a hero to MRAs everywhere. Nasty, so nasty.
Anyway, we all know he is getting let out because he finally dropped his pursuit to buy NBC.
From what I just saw on the news, unless a new person comes with an allegation they can't charge him with a new crime. The statute of limitations ran out on the previous allegations.
Seeing as all they had was this in the first place, nah.
Bill finna stroll out of the jail in some Chelsea boots and become a hero to MRAs everywhere. Nasty, so nasty.
Anyway, we all know he is getting let out because he finally dropped his pursuit to buy NBC.
