Bill Cosby Released

[BPTactical]

I think Cosby is a shitbag, serial rapist with one helluva smart and expensive attorney that set up the original sweet deposition deal.



There is the "Justice System"
And there is the "Justus System"

[DDT951]

I think Cosby is a shitbag, serial rapist with one helluva smart and expensive attorney that set up the original sweet deposition deal.



There is the "Justice System"
And there is the "Justus System"

Probably agree on many points....

But that does not excuse prosecutorial misconduct.

Prosecutorial misconduct is a much worse crime than serial rapist. The sad part, is prosecutors never go to jail for their misconduct.

That DA deserves to sit every day in jail that Cosby did...and then double it.

If we cannot trust prosecutors to follow the law, the entire legal system falls apart. That is why prosecutorial misconduct is a serious crime and should be treated as a crime against society with lengthy (think die in prison kind of length) prison sentences.

[Delfuego]

I am with BP on this one.
It doesn't matter who is right, wrong or guilty; just who has the better attorney.

Prosecutorial misconduct is a much worse crime than serial rapist.

Please ask your daughter, wife and mother if they agree with you.

[Irving]

Please ask your daughter, wife and mother if they agree with you.

It doesn't matter what they, or anyone else thinks. If laws were broken and rights violated by the court system, that needs to be addressed.

[Gman]

We use to be “A nation of laws.” and it meant they were just and applied equally. We’re still a nation of laws, but enforcement has become selective, political, and weaponized.

[BPTactical]

We use to be “A nation of laws.” and it meant they were just and applied equally. We’re still a nation of laws, but enforcement has become selective, political, and weaponized.

Hence "Justice" and "Justus"

[eddiememphis]

I understand there is a podcast in the works.

"Coz & The Juice"

Bill and OJ discussing today's hot button issues

[wctriumph]

It is the corruption that has made it criminal justice and not victim justice .

[FoxtArt]

I tend to side with DDT951 on this. Anyone arguing "what about the kids" is using a classic progressive justification which is better explained as "the ends justify the means". The problem with that is then the system autonomously successfully prosecutes anyone that insiders "feel" guily, and that isn't what living in a free country is like.

Thing is. The US already does the former, not the latter, and we imprison more per capita that any other place in the world (save a small island that imprisons somalian pirates). So yeah...still not overly worked up here. Don't care for Cosby. Care less for judicial misconduct. But also fully aware that misconduct is endemic in our system. Is it unfair that Cosby had the money to "check" that misconduct? Are people arguing that everyone should suffer the corruption of the state equally?

ETA: My position is I don't like the state corruption. It is unfortunate that only a tiny handful can even begin to fight it. I have no illusion of there ever being a fix.

[BladesNBarrels]

Not defending the Asst. DA who prosecuted Cosby. Certainly not defending Cosby's actions.
Court said there was no written evidence of an agreement by the previous DA to waive Cosby's risk of being criminally prosecuted.
It appears there was enough testimony that the majority of the justices thought there was an agreement in place.
Moral of the story? Get it in writing!
Just a side note: His sentence was a minimum of 3 years and he served almost 3 years.