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Bill Cosby Released After PA Supreme Court Overturns His Sexual Assault Conviction

 

Daily Mail: Bill Cosby, 83, returns to his Pennsylvania mansion after PA Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction and freed him from prison two years into 10-year sentence because prosecutor promised in 2005 that he wouldn't be charged 

* Cosby was released from SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, two years into his 10 year sentence 

* He was convicted in 2018 of sexually assaulting and drugging Andrea Constand at his Pennsylvania estate 

* Dozens of other women accused him of sexual assault but none have had their claims prosecuted because they fell outside the statute of limitations 

* Cosby appealed his conviction on two counts; he said in 2005, the then Montgomery County DA Bruce Castor made a 'deal' with him not to prosecute 

* The deal wasn't written down anywhere - it comes from Castor announcing that he wasn't going to bring charges after Constand reported her claims 

* Cosby also said it wasn't fair that the jury heard from 5 other women at his trial who said he'd assaulted them 

* Those women all claimed he'd attacked them in the 1980s after giving them drugs 

* The PA Supreme Court didn't rule on whether or not their testimony was fair and only focused on Castor 

* They ruled that by making his promise, Castor led Cosby to deliberately believe he wouldn't be charged 

 * As a result, Cosby made remarks in a 2005 deposition that were self-incriminating, and he was later charged 

Bill Cosby flashed a peace sign to news crews on Wednesday as he arrived home after being released from prison in Pennsylvania, hours after the state's Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction because a former prosecutor promised him that he wouldn't be charged in 2005 and lulled him into incriminating himself - a decision that has 'shocked and disgusted' the disgraced comedian's accusers. 

Cosby was jailed in 2018 for sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, who had reported her claims to the police in 2005. 

The murky legal explanation for why Cosby was released hinges on a statement made in 2005 by former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor, who decided not to charge Cosby because he thought there wasn't enough corroborating evidence to back up Constand's claims.  

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Update #1: Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned (AP)  

Update #2: Bill Cosby released from prison after Pa. Supreme Court overturns sexual assault conviction (Philadelphia Inquirer)  

WNU Editor: I know this post has nothing to do with defense/military/wars/and national security. But I have always been fascinated with American law and culture, and this is an incredible case. It is not over yet. And yes, there are going to be a lot of angry people with the release of Bill Cosby.



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