Board 8 > Oh wow... Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction was just overturned

(+) Yeah! (+)

And he's being released from prison:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/bill-cosby-released-prison-conviction-vacated/story?id=78582000

all them puddin pops and kodak film

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BILL COSBY INNOCENT

jk
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Love a system that can have people make promises that say "we won't ever charge you for crimes you did" and that be a defacto legally binding future-proof when person does indeed admit to incriminating things

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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Love a system that can have people make promises that say "we won't ever charge you for crimes you did" and that be a defacto legally binding future-proof when person does indeed admit to incriminating things

I don't know the context of this particular case, but that is how prosecutors get witnesses to testify all the time.

Phylicia Rashad is really willing to die on this hill, huh?

https://twitter.com/PhyliciaRashad/status/1410289746539130882

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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Love a system that can have people make promises that say "we won't ever charge you for crimes you did" and that be a defacto legally binding future-proof when person does indeed admit to incriminating things

that is how plea bargains work.
are you against the double jeopardy clause as well?

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The issue is that the D.A. prosecuted a case in a way that he knew would get overturned just so that he would get reelected.

Or he's just been encouraged by someone in Cosby's camp to "remember" an agreement that was made orally, and very curiously not put in writing for some reason.

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Uhhh

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Why was he given this blanket immunity in the first place?

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Absolutely fucking disgusting.

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I love the law............
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Anagram posted...

Why was he given this blanket immunity in the first place?

I think it was basically: We don't have enough evidence to make criminal charges stick, so agree to a civil plea bargain and pay $3M and we'll give you criminal immunity.

Then they found more evidence and filed criminal charges, but he had criminal immunity so he's going free now.

DeepsPraw posted...

that is how plea bargains work.
are you against the double jeopardy clause as well?

How does double jeopardy work? Can they not take you to trial again if they find new evidence?
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Anagram posted...

Why was he given this blanket immunity in the first place?

Probably because the DA thought it would be better to get his testimony for a civil case than attempt to convict him criminally without his testimony? Ultimately, he did get Andrea Constand $3M dollars

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what the literal fuck

please tell me there are other active cases against him that can send him back to prison

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Hes a piece of shit but I dont see the point of keeping him in prison at this point anyway.

Having the actual conviction expunged though is frustrating

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I knew he didn't do it

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Jakyl25 posted...

Hes a piece of shit but I dont see the point of keeping him in prison at this point anyway.

Having the actual conviction expunged though is frustrating

Kinda my thoughts.

Dude is 83 years old. Being in a cushy prison cell isn't really going to be that different than just being in his cushy house or retirement home or whatever. Really just saves the prison system money basically.

I mean it's kinda just dumb on principle but yeah

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America's legal system really is just a complete shitshow, isn't it.

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From what I can tell, this isn't a shortcoming of the American legal system. It has its own problems to be sure, but the prosecution fumbled this.

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The grossest thing about this situation (besides him going free of course) is the prosecutor (and others) trying to put any blame for this on the court when this is 100% on the prosecution.

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Hes an old-ass man thats no longer a threat and has already served some time, I dont see the point to making him die there.

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Cool this has me thinking about Cosby cock again

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ITT: People who don't understand law.

How do you think they ever get people to rat on mob bosses etc

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I don't know anything about this story

But as a right winger what should my opinion on it be??

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Walked through the breakroom just now, and he is home

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Nanis23 posted...

I don't know anything about this story

But as a right winger what should my opinion on it be??

It was a Democratic venture to free their Hollywood elite sexual predator/pedophile in an effort to harm Donald Trumps re inauguration or whatever.

Jakyl25 posted...

Having the actual conviction expunged though is frustrating

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Hes an old-ass man thats no longer a threat and has already served some time, I dont see the point to making him die there.

These, basically.

masterplum posted...

ITT: People who don't understand law.

How do you think they ever get people to rat on mob bosses etc

Unless I'm misunderstanding, he didn't agree to testify against someone else, he agreed to essentially testify against himself as part of a plea bargain?

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Kenri posted...

Unless I'm misunderstanding, he didn't agree to testify against someone else, he agreed to essentially testify against himself as part of a plea bargain?

Yeah, that's what plum's talking about. He wants all the mob bosses to testify against themselves so they all pay fines and none of them go to jail.
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Nanis23 posted...

I don't know anything about this story

But as a right winger what should my opinion on it be??

You should be upset because a black man was freed.
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MoogleKupo141 posted...

You should be upset because a black man was freed.

nah, he should be elated that a rich man was freed

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SockoressKnight posted...

nah, he should be elated that a rich man was freed

-1 for him being black
+1 for him being rich
+1 for him being an accused sexual predator because cancel culture

so overall a net positive

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Mac Arrowny posted...

Yeah, that's what plum's talking about. He wants all the mob bosses to testify against themselves so they all pay fines and none of them go to jail.

The point is that a deal is a deal, and once you start breaking them it undermines the entire system.

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While I cant fault the court here, that deal should never have been allowed to happen. Providing criminal immunity for rape for testimony in a civil case is absurd. Fuck Cosby, and I hope he has a miserable remainder of his life.

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On the one hand yeah, he's super old and it's not like he was going to spend his final years as an active sexual predator...

But on the other hand the optics here are terrible and they reinforce that if you are wealthy/famous enough you actually can get away with anything.

It's just a sad reflection of the system.

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Forceful_Dragon posted...

On the one hand yeah, he's super old and it's not like he was going to spend his final years as an active sexual predator...

But on the other hand the optics here are terrible and they reinforce that if you are wealthy/famous enough you actually can get away with anything.

It's just a sad reflection of the system.

I mean, this had literally nothing to do with his wealth/fame and everything to do with the prosecutors being dumbasses.


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redrocket posted...

I mean, this had literally nothing to do with his wealth/fame and everything to do with the prosecutors being dumbasses.

To be fair, there are tons of cases where prosecutors are dumbasses and get away with it because the defendants are too poor to higher fancy lawyers.
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It isn't about wealth and fame but it absolutely reflects on how our justice system is a joke that doesn't actually result in any justice. There's no positive outcome here.

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redrocket posted...

The point is that a deal is a deal, and once you start breaking them it undermines the entire system.

Can't undermine something if it's already at rock fuckin bottom

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The article says the sentence was three to ten years. He's two months and change away from his 2018 conviction. He's more or less served the minimum sentence and his brand is irreparably damaged. There's not much more you can do to him except let him die in prison, and really, what difference would that make?

Kenri posted...

Can't undermine something if it's already at rock fuckin bottom

our system is deeply flawed, but it is quite far from rock bottom and its kind of embarrassing for you to even say that

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Uglyface2 posted...

The article says the sentence was three to ten years. He's two months and change away from his 2018 conviction. He's more or less served the minimum sentence and his brand is irreparably damaged. There's not much more you can do to him except let him die in prison, and really, what difference would that make?

Cosbys brand being destroyed isnt even a blip on the scales compared to serial rape

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAWEOq7s1s

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Cosbys brand being destroyed isnt even a blip on the scales compared to serial rape

He wasn't convicted for serial rape, he was convicted of one rape. You can only place a sentence on what the prosecution manages to get a conviction on. Blame the statute of limitations in whichever states for the rest of them.

redrocket posted...

our system is deeply flawed, but it is quite far from rock bottom and its kind of embarrassing for you to even say that

good point, always gotta leave room for the US to find new and innovative ways to disappoint me

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The US still probably has the best justice system in the world (philosophically speaking). I'd much, much rather live in a place where criminals get off than where innocent people are imprisoned.

And the US judicial system is kind of designed to skew toward the former.

Uglyface2 posted...

He wasn't convicted for serial rape, he was convicted of one rape. You can only place a sentence on what the prosecution manages to get a conviction on. Blame the statute of limitations in whichever states for the rest of them.

Sure. I stand by my statement for a single rape, and could not give less of a fuck about Cosbys tarnished reputation.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Sure. I stand by my statement for a single rape, and could not give less of a fuck about Cosbys tarnished reputation.

Fine.

the jury aspect of the US justice system is awful.

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