Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "The Harsh Truth About Bill Cosby's Prison Release" video.

No. She said it was Cosby’s, “common practice,” NOT a culture! That was how the rapist raped people. She may have phrased it badly, but don’t go running with that, because it’s wrong. She should have said it was his MO.
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A technicality. The prosecutors overturned a promise they made, perusing a criminal prosecution using the evidence of the civil suit, when he had been assured they would not do that, so long as he did settle the civil case. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court was right, to the letter of the law. It was screwed up by the same guy who represented trump at his second impeachment, unsurprisingly. He made a legally binding promise and then broke it. He tricked Cosby into jail. Cosby is guilty, and has admitted as much in his civil case, so he belongs in jail. If you’re mad that he’s not, look up the lawyer who messed it up so badly.
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Well, by vacating his criminal verdict, the justice department has upheld the binding agreement the prosecution made with Cosby. So the financial compensation he paid is, if anything, more secure than it was. Cosby’s not getting his money back. He is still a confessed rapist, to a legal standard. He confessed in the Civil suit. Not only has that not changed, but it is more strongly the case, because the judgement just made it so. They’re basically saying that the justice department made a deal, and they are bound to uphold that deal. Cosby was told, if he confessed and settled the civil suit, he would not be criminally prosecuted, so he did. The same, “lawyer,” who defended trump at his second impeachment, is the same guy who then broke the justice department’s word, and used his confession in the civil case to get a criminal conviction. It was argued, before it went to criminal trial, but the judge allowed it. Now that judge, as well as that corrupt lawyer, will have to account for their dodgy practices. A rapist is free, on a technicality. And the prosecution are the ones who set him free.
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Blame the right people, is all I would ask? This happened because of a corrupt prosecutor, who made a legally binding plea deal with Cosby, and then broke his and the justice department’s word. He should never have offered him the deal, and he should have known it would later get tossed? He then went on to defend trump at his last impeachment. He seems to only ever play with a rigged deck?
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It was the prosecutor’s screw up. He promised Cosby there would be no criminal prosecution, so long as he settled in a civil case. Then he took the testimony from the civil case and criminally prosecuted him anyway. He lied. And he was representing the justice department when he lied. Cosby is guilty and belongs in jail. But, he’s a free man because of a lying, corrupt prosecutor. Incidentally, that same prosecutor handled another case that was even more famous. Trump’s 2nd impeachment. He lead the defence. That’s the kind of guy we’re talking about here. He only takes cases where the fix is in. So, if you want to blame anyone for a rapist being set free, talk to him?
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I doubt he’ll want the attention, given it’s only a vacated verdict? He’s not been proven innocent. And he accepted guilt in the civil case, which still stands; so his guilt is still an established fact. However, I think the justice system has a responsibility to admonish the prosecutor, who lied to the defendant, tricked him into confession, and broke the justice department’s word?
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While I get your point, would you prefer it if the DOJ was allowed to lie and break legally binding contracts? Because that’s what happened. Cosby signed a plea deal, which was, “Confess and settle in civil court, and we’ll drop the criminal prosecution.” That prosecutor broke his and the state’s word, and the law, by making a deal he didn’t have the right, or lawful authority, to make. That prosecutor should be on trial for doing that? The court has merely upheld the word of the department of justice. Cosby remains a confessed serial rapist, as the civil suit is unchanged. If anything, it is stronger now. But a rapist walks free among us, because the same lawyer who went on to defend trump at his last impeachment, made a corrupt promise and corruptly broke his word. I hope he gets disbarred.
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@GTLees : The court disagrees with you. It was a signed plea deal. The court has decided that their word is their bond, quite literally in this case. The prosecutor needs to be disbarred in my view. This was bound to happen.
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