Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction Overturned By Court
Philadelphia (AP) -- Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and opened the way for his immediate release from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the...
Hasnain says:
siiiiiiigh.
The legal system works in mysterious ways. I understand he got off on a technicality here and people have a right to fair representation, but at the same time victims have a right to justice that I think should take precedent. If I am reading this right, he is immune from further prosecution here, which does not seem like justice.
"But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that District Attorney Kevin Steele, who made the decision to arrest Cosby, was obligated to stand by his predecessor’s promise not to charge Cosby. There was no evidence that promise was ever put in writing."
Posted on 2021-06-30T18:10:23+0000