Current Events > Breaking: Bill Cosby denied early prison release despite Covid-19

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Bill Cosby will not be walking out of prison anytime soon despite the recent uptick of offenders being granted early release due to the coronavirus.

Cosby is currently serving up to 10 years for sexual assault in a facility in Pennsylvania, and a state official tells Fox News that any speculation that Cosby will be able to serve time at home is false.

"Sex offenders are not eligible under the reprieve criteria," a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson said in a statement.

The DOC's statement comes as a shock to Cosby's rep, Andrew Wyatt, who told Fox News last month that he was fearful of the disgraced actor's wellbeing due to a number of physical ailments.

"Im very concerned for Mr. Cosbys health in prison during the Coronavirus epidemic," Wyatt told Fox News. "The reason: Mr. Cosby is elderly and blind -- and always needs to be escorted around the prison by support service inmates, known as Certified Peer Specialists (CPI)."

Wyatt continued: "Those inmates could fall victim to the Coronavirus and easily spread the disease to Mr. Cosby as they wheel him around in a wheelchair. Among their duties, the inmates bring Mr. Cosby to the infirmary for his doctor appointments and clean his cell."

On Saturday, Wyatt told Fox News in a statement that Cosby's sex offender status should not bar him from serving his sentence at home since at least three staff members at Cosby's facility have died as a result of the novel coronavirus.

"Because of this pandemic, criteria across this country have been thrown out the window. They have shut down entire states. No one's making money. The government's stimulus package was put in place to help people through this pandemic," Wyatt said.

"All elderly inmates like Mr. Cosby could succumb to this virus. It seems it's more politically motivated and personally motivated to not let this man out. It's very upsetting and disappointing, " the rep added.

Cosby is currently housed at the SCI Phoenix facility in Montgomery County, where Wyatt claimed at least three staff members have died of COVID-19.

The confusion about Cosby's fate comes amid Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordering the Department of Corrections to relocate some current prisoners to their homes or "community corrections facilities."

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-cosby-not-granted-early-prison-release-due-to-coronavirus-corrections-spokesperson-says

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The blood is now on the Government's hands if he dies in there
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UnfairRepresent posted...

The blood is now on the Government's hands if he dies in there

That's fine.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

That's fine.

I think your dislike of Cosby is downplaying the issue here
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Well I didn't read the OP cause it was an UnfairRepresent post, so I'm not really informed on the issue. Also your stinger at the end of your wall of text that I responded to was the one downplaying the issue in that case.
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Here's what I have to say to Bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

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DeadBankerDream posted...

That's fine.

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Cosby has given so much laughter to the world.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

"All elderly inmates like Mr. Cosby could succumb to this virus. It seems it's more politically motivated and personally motivated to not let this man out. It's very upsetting and disappointing, " the rep added.

No it's his sentence,

Rather than look at this for what it is, they're gaslighting to make it a social agenda. Have a problem with old sex offenders dying in prisons due to covid? Vote to regulate prisons and get rid of their for-profit nature so that they can afford treatment, sanitation, properly paid staff etc.

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He deserves it after what he's done

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The old geriatric piece of shit is being wheeled around by other pieces of shit LMAO

not sure why this is news
let rapists be ignored by society

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CommunismFTW posted...

Have a problem with old sex offenders dying in prisons due to covid? Vote to regulate prisons and get rid of their for-profit nature so that they can afford treatment, sanitation, properly paid staff etc.

I agree but this is a cop out

If the government is saying you HAVE to be in a place, it's then up to the government to ensure that place is safe.

If people start getting sick and God forbid dying, that's not acceptable and "Well promote a better prison system in general!" is no retort.
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Not only should they not let him out of prison, he should be forced to watch Ghost Dad and Leonard Part 6 on a daily basis.

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Skye Reynolds posted...

Not only should they not let him out of prison, he should be forced to watch Ghost Dad and Leonard Part 6 on a daily basis.

This reminds me of a Ross Scott joke about how instead of Life Sentences people should allowed be to freed so long as they complete impossibly hard nonsensical 80s/90s adventure games with no hints or walkthroughs.

Armed and Delirious would keep Cosby behind bars for 2,000 years
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Shall we release all other sex offenders too, my dear boy?

Who, then, shall be to blame if they reoffend?

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Starmieketone posted...

Shall we release all other sex offenders too, my dear boy?

If you can't garantee their safety? Yes.

In fact that's already happened across the country. I'm guessing in different states

Who, then, shall be to blame if they reoffend?

Them.
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I am sure that sex offenders the world over shall be heartened to know that you have their welfare in mind.

I suppose the victims of any recidivist will be glad to know that they were just collateral damage in the struggle to prevent sex offenders from catching the virus.

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Starmieketone posted...

I am sure that sex offenders the world over shall be heartened to know that you have their welfare in mind.

I suppose the victims of any recidivist will be glad to know that they were just collateral damage in the struggle to prevent sex offenders from catching the virus.

You're really not getting this are you?

You're not understanding why the government of a nation forcing people to be in a location which then kills or hurts them due to the government being unable or unwilling to care for their health is a terrible precedent.

That's 3rd world dictactor level.

You're getting wrapped up in "Well they are sex offenders so I don't care!" and it's making you miss the forest for the trees

If Cosby dies of Covid-19 in prison then that's going to be a black stain on the US justice system for eternity. Regardless of his crimes.
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This is do dumb lmao

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arguing with UR in 2020
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RebelElite791 posted...

This is do dumb lmao

Why?
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