Bill Cosby released from prison

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I'n hoping they will now reintroduce the Cosby show back on cable. We need Dr Huxtable's wisdom in these dark times

I don't think that I've ever watched the show.

But then, I don't watch much tv at all and can go weeks without turning the tv on even once.

Right now I'm living in town but intend to move back out to the farm soon. I don't intend to even hook the tv up. I'll keep it to watch an occasional movie on a DVD, but that's about it.

I recommend it, its been 20 years since I watched an episode.

I hated that show even before his rapes were publicly known. Did you know they made an episode encouraging eating disorders? Claire Huxtable wanted to fit into some dress so she went on an extreme crash diet. The episode presented this as a good thing.

Yeah I saw that episode, Clair went on a crash diet and an exhaustive exercise regime. She wanted to fit into a dress. I don't think in the 1980s that equated to anything harmful.

The show was okay -- better than most, and not as good as some.

What I have always wanted to ask Mr. Cosby is, "What are greezly-mizens?"

The legal expert I saw on the news thought the deal they made with Cosby was "rather unusual". But a deal is a deal. So they did kinda railroad him by breaking the deal. Railroading a guilty man is just as illegal as railroading an innocent person.

It may suck that he is now free, but...better this than the opposite (an innocent man being falsely imprisoned).

The Cosby outcome also makes clear that victims need far more support than they're currently getting, including help documenting evidence and building strong legal cases.  They also need help rebuilding their lives after they become victimized -- from mental health services to assistance finding new jobs after leaving abusive employers.

What I don't understand about the case is, I read he was freed because part of the evidence they used was tainted, legally fruit of the poisoinous tree, so to speak. But why didn't the judge in this case catch the tainting of the evidence, before it hit trial, as well as the prosecutor? Aren't they legal experts who are suppose to know what counts as tainted? I mean after reading it, even I would have caught it and questioned that.

The "taint" was concealed by the prosecutor who ran for election on the promise of prosecuting Mr. Cosby.

But the tainted evidence was audio recordings of Cosby confessing out of a deal he cut. There is no way he could have concealed it, because the tapes themselves, reveal the taint. So a judge couldn't have missed it, unless I am wrong?

Obviously, the judge missed it, did not hear it, or did not care, because Mr. Cosby was convicted.

I guess so but I though the judge would say "I better exclude this piece of evidence now in the trial process, so if Cosby is convicted, the conviction would not be overturned later". I thought it would have entered the judges mind that a conviction overturn would be possible if he let it slip through.

Why did the court overturn the conviction?  Because prosecutors violated Mr. Cosby’s rights by reneging on an apparent promise not to charge him.

Why did Mr. Castor (the first prosecutor) say he would not charge Mr. Cosby?  Mr. Castor announced in 2005 that Mr. Cosby would not be charged in an effort to prevent him from invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination so he would have to testify in Ms. Constand’s coming civil case.

Did Mr. Castor make a binding promise?  Yes, said the Supreme Court majority.

Does the ruling mean Mr. Cosby did not commit a crime against Ms. Constand?  No. It just means that he cannot be prosecuted for it.

Might Mr. Cosby face a new trial?  Not for assaulting Ms. Constand.

Could prosecutors appeal the ruling?  Yes. They could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Pennsylvania justices’ constitutional analysis.

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Oh okay, thanks for the information. Why did they promise not to charge him originally? I read that they didn't but I cannot find the 'why', of why they gave him immunity. What as the prosecution getting from him in exchange for the immunity?

WHY do you not google for the answers?