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A mistrial has been declared today in Bill Cosby’s criminal trial for the 2004 of Andrea Constand. The decision has for now spared the once-beloved actor from a potential decade behind bars, and comes at the end of over 50 hours of deliberation by the jury in Norristown, PA, which first went to Judge Steven O’Neill on June 15 to say it was deadlocked – at that time he told them to “try again,” which they’ve done for the past two days.

After just over an hour of deliberations on Saturday, the jurors informed the court that they were still “hopelessly deadlocked” on all the charges.

“After 52 hours of deliberation, probably one of the most courageous acts I’ve ever seen, I’m compelled to grant a mistrial,” said Judge O’Neill to the packed courtroom. Constand and several police officers who worked on the case were in the courtroom when the mistrial was announced today, as was Bill Cosby.

So What do you think of the trial ? Why Couldn’t the Cosby Jury Reach a Verdict ? Views about the DA, Jury and the accused are so diversified in nature that I thought it appropriate to know how Lush community view it smile
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So, over 60 women come out and accuse this man of , all the the accusations very similar as far as method and somehow, people think they're either lying or it wasn't actually . this kind of shit shouldn't surprise anyone anymore. i mean, he's doctor huxtable - dr huxtable would never anyone. disgusting. that's my opinion. totally disgusting.

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When so many, who don't know each other, haven't talked to each other, don't know what the others have said,
but say almost the exact same things, even before any of the details were commonly known to anyone in the public media?
Then Ockham's Razor surely applies.

Ockham's Razor: All things being equal, of many possibilities, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

The simplest explanation is that he's guilty.
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I think that the prosecution was simply unable to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. The passage of time may well have been the key issue. I am struck by the similarities with the British Netflix series National Treasure. I would be shocked if there really is a retrial.
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"After just over an hour of deliberations on Saturday, the jurors informed the court that they were still “hopelessly deadlocked” on all the charges.

“After 52 hours of deliberation, probably one of the most courageous acts I’ve ever seen, I’m compelled to grant a mistrial,” said Judge O’Neill to the packed courtroom. Constand and several police officers who worked on the case were in the courtroom when the mistrial was announced today, as was Bill Cosby."


Which was it, 1 hour or 52? Those errors are in all likelihood why criminal cases fail, rather than any cause of evidence as to guilt involved as the criteria for "not guilty" is not proof of innocence but demonstrating a reasonable doubt as to guilt. Imho that fact is why our criminals go free, because lawyers can manipulate emotions and feelings into a case not to demonstrate a person's innocence but to OJ Simpson a jury.

I would cynically say the lawyer's function in this endeavor is to squeeze out as much money as possible, for the least work needed to be done as the majority of their job was accomplished by the prosecutor in the criminal trial. A civil suit is much lower standard of evidence whereby the civil suit work is to procure the greatest amount of damages which increases the lawyers paycheck.

Just another indication of the ambulance chasing lawyer standards, all out to make a buck, with very little ethical standards to serve justice. It's all about the paycheck.
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His attorneys took a page out of the OJ Simpson trial and added a hint of racism.
This is a travesty.
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Why not just shoot him instead whole world knows he's guilty
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It's a travesty. Over 60 women, without prior knowledge of each other, somehow banded together and for reasons known only to them, decided to destroy a wonderful entertainment icon's legacy.

I feel greasy just writing that. Obviously, the prosecution's case was at fault for the mistrial.

'Innocent until proven guilty' counts only in our judicial courts. The court of public opinion is a whole 'nother thing. Guilty as hell. There's WAY too much smoke for there to be no fire. He must be retried, with whatever holes in the prosecutions case that allowed for reasonable doubt resolved.
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NY Times Cosby

From the above article: (apologies if I messed up the link)

Mr. Cosby’s wife, Camille, released a scathing statement accusing the district attorney of being “heinously and exploitively ambitious,” the judge of “overtly and arrogantly collaborating with the district attorney,” and some news organizations of “greedily selling sensationalism at the expense of a human life.”

Mr. Steele had wanted to call a dozen other accusers as witnesses to demonstrate a pattern of behavior by Mr. Cosby, but Judge O’Neill allowed just one to testify — Kelly Johnson, who said that Mr. Cosby had drugged and assaulted her in 1996. Adding weight to the allegations was the revelation in 2015 that Mr. Cosby, in a 2005 lawsuit filed by Ms. Constand, had admitted securing quaaludes so women would have sex with him — an admission that was introduced last week.

The above quotes from the article are such an outrageous juxtaposition I thought they summed up the whole mess. The justice system is seriously broken. The pendulum has swung too far in favour of the accused and I'd suggest is most seriously flawed when it comes to sexual assaults or crimes committed by those who can afford top lawyers.

I hope the law gets another shot at this monstrous predator, whether in criminal or civil court. Apparently his net worth is in the $400 million range. Despicable.
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"After just over an hour of deliberations on Saturday, the jurors informed the court that they were still “hopelessly deadlocked” on all the charges.

“After 52 hours of deliberation, probably one of the most courageous acts I’ve ever seen, I’m compelled to grant a mistrial,” said Judge O’Neill to the packed courtroom. Constand and several police officers who worked on the case were in the courtroom when the mistrial was announced today, as was Bill Cosby."


Which was it, 1 hour or 52? Those errors are in all likelihood why criminal cases fail, rather than any cause of evidence as to guilt involved as the criteria for "not guilty" is not proof of innocence but demonstrating a reasonable doubt as to guilt. Imho that fact is why our criminals go free, because lawyers can manipulate emotions and feelings into a case not to demonstrate a person's innocence but to OJ Simpson a jury.

I would cynically say the lawyer's function in this endeavor is to squeeze out as much money as possible, for the least work needed to be done as the majority of their job was accomplished by the prosecutor in the criminal trial. A civil suit is much lower standard of evidence whereby the civil suit work is to procure the greatest amount of damages which increases the lawyers paycheck.

Just another indication of the ambulance chasing lawyer standards, all out to make a buck, with very little ethical standards to serve justice. It's all about the paycheck.


The just over 1 hour on Saturday is after the 50 plus hours in the days before last Saturday. That equals the 52 hours they are referring to.

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First I want to make it clear I do not condone any type of forced sexual encounters. Also any one convicted of any kind of sexual misconduct should receive the maximum amount of punishment the law allows.

I was obviously not in the court room to hear all the evidence and I doubt any of y'all were there either. I did hear a few news cast and talk radio about some of the issues. The main one I heard, if in fact, it is a fact, was that it is her word against his. There are no other witnesses to the act. He claims it was consensual and does not deny there was a sexual encounter. I would also have a problem with her waiting so long to make the claim of . As for the others not knowing about the situation I don't buy that at all. I heard about this in the news at least 5 or 6 years ago about him supposedly drugging the women. I personally know about more cases where the girl or woman claimed and it was later found out it was consensual, than I know women who were actually . I only know of one woman that was actually .

Like most people Hubbie and I thought OJ did it too. Until We watched Forensic Scientist Lee's documentary on examining the evidence. OJ's blood found at the scene had the preservative used when blood is drawn for lab work. Confirming it was planted at the scene.

I am actually tired of people claiming they know better than the jurors who sat through the whole trial. Especially with the way most of the news media reports the so called news. Ever since the newspaper reported their manipulated "facts" about an auto / train accident to put Hubbie, who was the engineer, and the railroad in the wrong. They reported people near the tracks did not hear the whistle blowing. The accident happened a little after midnight in the middle of summer. The people they interviewed were asleep inside their houses. They refused to report the witness' testimony that was working in his open garage that lived on the corner of the street the car was on and the RR tracks. He actually witnessed the whole accident, and heard the whistle blowing long before the accident. There was a few other times we were directly involved in the issue the newspapers miss reported the facts to support their sale of the paper. We knew about the fake news over 30 years ago and have not bought a newspaper since.

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Every body in the USofA is innocent until proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, to be guilty.
Brandie


Very well said I must say smile
And I'd like to add that from the start, the evidence in this controversial case hinged on believability, and specifically on whether Constand was credible during her seven hours on the stand.... the repeated reexamination of key testimony from both Constand and Cosby supports the theory that jurors were likely torn between who to believe and what happened on the night in question..... during the more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jury not only asked for a rereading of statements Cosby made about his admitted use of Quaaludes with women, they also wanted to see Constand’s phone records.... jury may be looking at Constand and wondering how she remembers what happened the night she claims she was drugged and assaulted, or even why she voluntarily took pills.... any reasonable doubt, can create a deadlocked jury.... Law is blind because it is powerless if there is no evidence or there is doubt :)
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Very well put, Peri. IMO, he should not be retried, unless new evidence is uncovered that removes the reasonable doubt. The county taxpayers should let the DA know that they won't pay for it.
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The just over 1 hour on Saturday is after the 50 plus hours in the days before last Saturday. That equals the 52 hours they are referring to.

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I understand the totality of the hours being 52, I am commenting on the idiotic phrasing of it merely being 1 hour of deliberation (on Saturday) that some person hoped to create an image of the deliberations not being well thought out.

That's the stupidly I see the politicians doing, and it's not just the democrats, nor merely the republicans, but the entire lot of the people who are pledged to support us, the Constiuents of this nation.

For instance there is an individual who occupies one of the properties that are owned by a friend of mine. This person refuses to pay rent, refuses to vacate the property, and does not even contribute to the payment of property taxes.
That's your immigrant for you, he claims he has a right to do such because this is America. Myself, I say shoot the trespasser. And I shoot to kill.
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