From a civil liberties perspective, tricking someone into waiving their 5th amendments rights is not right.
Who in Hollywood isn't?
When will the Pennsylvania Supremes finally get around to tackling the irregularities in the 2020 election including different ballot rejection standards for different parts of the state?
this is news to me, but if those are the facts, then totally agreed
i do not trust prosecutors anymore....not sure i ever did. they are just trying to make a political name for themselves, and perhaps they can make it to Congress to get REALLY rich
plus..after a hung jury in the first trial, they allowed testimony from 5 other women that was wayyy past the statute of limitations to establish a “pattern”...a big no no...the “pusses” were all up in arms and he was the first of the “me too” crusade, they wanted his ass bad...
The thing with a lot of folks on FR is that they are like a lot of folks on the extreme left:
They want to agree that we are a nation of laws and the application of blind justice...except when it allows Trump to win, or when it means someone like Cosby goes free.
If you agree that we need to play by a set of rules, then this is an example where I applaud the ruling—but think a guilty man is allowed to walk free. And that is OK by me.
Your post is right on
That is exactly the way I look at this case too.
Were the two linked? I heard the original prosecutor informed Cosby that he would not press the charges as he thought the witness was too problematic. Based on that, Cosby subsequently testified in a civil case and made some incriminating statements in that civil case. A new prosecutor decided to press charges in the old criminal case using the incriminating statements from the civil case - never mind what the old prosecutor had decided. So the problem is a due process error, and based on what the new prosecutor did, the judge tossed out the entire case with prejudice. But as I understand it there was no agreement to drop charges in exchange for his civil case testimony.
Agreed. No matter what you think of Cosby, we need to uphold due process especially since there are few checks on prosecutors’ power. This is even more important when you consider how politicized the legal system has become.
We really need to strip agents, prosecutors and judges of qualified immunity. The temptation to coerce witnesses into suborning perjury, using fake evidence, using inadmissible evidence, writing fake reports is egregious and commonplace. These prosecutors are so bent on career advancement that they ignore basic due process. That’s indicative of sociopathic behavior.
Yes, but why did his lawyer not insist the agreement be documented?