SmarterthanYou
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this is flat out intentional lying. stop feeling and start reading
Bill Cosby to be released from prison after conviction vacated.
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this is flat out intentional lying. stop feeling and start reading
You don't get to say it's a flat out lie without proving it's a lie. Got some facts to back up your statement?
[h=1]Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Bill Cosby Conviction[/h][h=2]"When an unconditional charging decision is made publicly and with the intent to induce action and reliance by the defendant, and when the defendant does so to his detriment ..., denying the defendant the benefit of that decision is an affront to fundamental fairness."[/h]
https://reason.com/volokh/2021/06/30/pennsylvania-supreme-court-reverses-bill-cosby-conviction/
[h=1]Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Bill Cosby Conviction[/h][h=2]"When an unconditional charging decision is made publicly and with the intent to induce action and reliance by the defendant, and when the defendant does so to his detriment ..., denying the defendant the benefit of that decision is an affront to fundamental fairness."[/h]
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 evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
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. 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 decision—Cosby's sworn inculpatory testimony—were 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 ….
When an unconditional charging decision is made publicly and with the intent to induce action and reliance by the defendant, and when the defendant does so to his detriment (and in some instances upon the advice of counsel), denying the defendant the benefit of that decision is an affront to fundamental fairness, particularly when it results in a criminal prosecution that was foregone for more than a decade. No mere changing of the guard strips that circumstance of its inequity. A contrary result would be patently untenable. It would violate long-cherished principles of fundamental fairness. It would be antithetical to, and corrosive of, the integrity and functionality of the criminal justice system that we strive to maintain.
For these reasons, Cosby's convictions and judgment of sentence are vacated, and he is discharged.
There is also a partial concurrence/partial dissent, and a dissent.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 evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
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. 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 decision—Cosby's sworn inculpatory testimony—were 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 ….
When an unconditional charging decision is made publicly and with the intent to induce action and reliance by the defendant, and when the defendant does so to his detriment (and in some instances upon the advice of counsel), denying the defendant the benefit of that decision is an affront to fundamental fairness, particularly when it results in a criminal prosecution that was foregone for more than a decade. No mere changing of the guard strips that circumstance of its inequity. A contrary result would be patently untenable. It would violate long-cherished principles of fundamental fairness. It would be antithetical to, and corrosive of, the integrity and functionality of the criminal justice system that we strive to maintain.
For these reasons, Cosby's convictions and judgment of sentence are vacated, and he is discharged.
https://reason.com/volokh/2021/06/30/pennsylvania-supreme-court-reverses-bill-cosby-conviction/
SmarterthanYou
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I don't need it. your posted article confirms those very facts for me. thank you.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Jack,
And THAT is why Donald Trump may never serve a day for his multitudes of crimes.
Money buys special privilege.
Everybody knows monster Cos did the crimes.
And THAT is why Donald Trump may never serve a day for his multitudes of crimes.
Money buys special privilege.
Everybody knows monster Cos did the crimes.
I wouldn't bet against the Judicial System.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
SmarterthanYou
rebel
do you believe the government shouldn't have to follow the rules and laws of our nation to convict people?
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello and welcome 50USA,
I am a polite poster who spoils myself by only responding to those who can be polite in return.
Please take a moment to familiarize with my Personal Ignore Policy PIP: "I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well."
If that is agreeable, I hope we have many great conversations. If not, we probably won't be talking long. I always hope for the former, but am fully prepared for the latter.
Well at least he was forced to do SOME time.
He needed to be locked up for the rest of his life for what he did.
I am a polite poster who spoils myself by only responding to those who can be polite in return.
Please take a moment to familiarize with my Personal Ignore Policy PIP: "I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well."
If that is agreeable, I hope we have many great conversations. If not, we probably won't be talking long. I always hope for the former, but am fully prepared for the latter.
Well at least he was forced to do SOME time.
He needed to be locked up for the rest of his life for what he did.
[h=1]Read the meme again....
Bill Cosby’s Release Is Not an Exoneration[/h]The former comedian’s verdict was overturned on procedural grounds. What does that mean?
Bill Cosby is a free man again. The disgraced comedian, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, today saw his court verdict overturned on a technicality.
After his trial in 2018, I wrote that it would be a mistake to think of Cosby’s conviction as an ending to the Cosby case. As tempting as it was to treat the legal outcome as a definitive conclusion, the decision was just one element of a story that, for the 60 women who came forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct, would never really end. This was the upshot of the testimony given by Andrea Constand—the only accuser to successfully bring a criminal case against him—and of the statements many other women had made in support of her. The consequences radiate, indefinitely.
It’s tempting to think of today’s overturned conviction in symbolic terms: as a shift in the course of #MeToo, or as a rejection of the stories those women came forward to tell. But the court’s logic came down to prosecutorial conduct and the demands of due process. It had nothing to do with Cosby’s guilt or innocence—it had very little to do with Cosby at all. It does not change the story. It certainly doesn’t end it.
Cosby is freed. He is not exonerated.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/06/bill-cosbys-release-is-not-an-exoneration/619335/
Bill Cosby’s Release Is Not an Exoneration[/h]The former comedian’s verdict was overturned on procedural grounds. What does that mean?
Bill Cosby is a free man again. The disgraced comedian, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, today saw his court verdict overturned on a technicality.
After his trial in 2018, I wrote that it would be a mistake to think of Cosby’s conviction as an ending to the Cosby case. As tempting as it was to treat the legal outcome as a definitive conclusion, the decision was just one element of a story that, for the 60 women who came forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct, would never really end. This was the upshot of the testimony given by Andrea Constand—the only accuser to successfully bring a criminal case against him—and of the statements many other women had made in support of her. The consequences radiate, indefinitely.
It’s tempting to think of today’s overturned conviction in symbolic terms: as a shift in the course of #MeToo, or as a rejection of the stories those women came forward to tell. But the court’s logic came down to prosecutorial conduct and the demands of due process. It had nothing to do with Cosby’s guilt or innocence—it had very little to do with Cosby at all. It does not change the story. It certainly doesn’t end it.
Cosby is freed. He is not exonerated.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/06/bill-cosbys-release-is-not-an-exoneration/619335/
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Jack,
A fair judicial system has to provide every opportunity for the innocent to prevail. This also allows those with great money and connections to exploit the part of our system which attempts to ensure that the innocent are not convicted. Everybody knows it is not perfect, and that there is no such thing as a perfect judicial system.
Because of our protections for the innocent, some crooks must go free. That's just the way it is in the real world with imperfect humans.
A fair judicial system has to provide every opportunity for the innocent to prevail. This also allows those with great money and connections to exploit the part of our system which attempts to ensure that the innocent are not convicted. Everybody knows it is not perfect, and that there is no such thing as a perfect judicial system.
Because of our protections for the innocent, some crooks must go free. That's just the way it is in the real world with imperfect humans.
I am polite to those who are polite to me. But if someone wants to attack me they will get right back.
Yes Cosby did some time 3 years I believe. Wealthy people have the money to hire the best attorneys. But he is not exonerated. Trump was impeached and not acquitted but the people removed him which is even better.
[h=1]Bill Cosby’s Release Is Not an Exoneration[/h]The former comedian’s verdict was overturned on procedural grounds.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/06/bill-cosbys-release-is-not-an-exoneration/619335/
Yakuda
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I agree leftist cunts should be treat like leftist cunts. I fucking love agreement
Yakuda
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A sesquipedalian you're not. You have the IQ of a radish.
What I am doesn't change the fact that you're a fucking cunt. My IQ has nothing to do with you being a cunt but somehow you fucking retards always think it does. Go back to licking your mother's dick.
He was released on a technicality. When you have money like he does you pay for lawyers that can find a technicality to spring you. Sad but true.
I changed my mind you're actually a hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic..and I'll remain a quintessential sesquipedalian. Chew on that jerk-off.
Yakuda
Verified User
Still doesn't mean you arent a retarded leftist cunt. How do you wipe your ass and not cause yourself more brain damage?
I don't like to gasconade, but my vocabulary is quite exceptional...while your vocabulary shows you were thrown at a wall at birth...it's quite obvious. So carry on jerk-off.
SmarterthanYou
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fixed that for you