Posted on 01/12/2016 7:29:51 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Edited on 01/12/2016 7:59:45 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Bill Cosby's lawyers attacked the criminal charges lodged against him as "illegal," saying they violate a prosecutor's pledge that he would never be charged over a 2004 sexual encounter with a Temple University employee.
That promise led Cosby to testify in a related civil lawsuit without invoking his Fifth Amendment rights, the lawyers said in a court filing Monday. Yet, a decade later, a new prosecutor called the newly released deposition testimony a key piece of evidence that fueled his decision to arrest Cosby last month.
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I have to say if this is true then I would side with Cosby on this issue.
If they, in effect, offered him immunity in order to give up his 5th amendment rights then they can’t go back and charge him based on that testimony.
Rapist. Like him?
This is a significant issue. Was Cosby promised by prosecutors that he would not be charged? Can someone’s admissions in a civil suit be used against him in a later criminal trial? Is there precedent for this?
Bill is going to walk.
Admissions in a civil case are fully admissible in a criminal case, absent some kind of a deal, like the one alleged here. The prosecution is SOL if there was the alleged deal.
This is probably BS.
If it isn’t in writing, it’s BS, and meaningless.
What’s the difference between Bill Clinton and Bill Cosby?
Cosby’s black.
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