I think the previous case, where they gave him immunity if he ‘testified honestly’ in the Civil Court, was where the errors started.
That’s a liberals dream deal.
Just think... How was he given immunity for any criminal case, by testifying in a civil case.
Who was allowed to grant him such CRIMINAL immunity during a private civil case? Who has that authority?
He was absolutely right to take that deal. Immunity from posecution, and possibly spending decades in jail for raping OTHER women, by ‘testifying honestly’ in a civil lawsuit from one woman.
I am almost glad the prosecutor in this case ignored that deal and exposed him for the world to see. He might be the good guy in this case, by knowingly ignoring the previous deal.
“Who was allowed to grant him such CRIMINAL immunity during a private civil case? Who has that authority?”
Having dealt with the prosecutor’s office, I can tell you they have huge discretion. But they are not allowed to ignore the constitution. This is because our founding fathers came from a place where the accused had no rights at all. They reasoned that it was better to let a guilty man go free than to wrongly convict an innocent man. Thus, the prosecutor is empowered to make binding agreements. This is because they almost never have a slam-dunk case with all the evidence they need for a conviction. (As was this case where Cosby, in a criminal proceeding had his fifth amendment rights against self incrimination.) There were enough problems with the accuser’s statements that the prosecutor reasoned he’d lose a culminal case. By letting Cosby testify in a civil case, the new prosecutor reasoned that he’d waved his fifth amendment rights. Without the prior agreement to not prosecute, probably the civil case would have been lost. The question the prosecutor has to deal with is, what does he do to get the maximum amount of justice under the rules he has to operate by? He does not get to change the rules after the game has started.
The judge in the case had campaigned on putting Crosby in prison. He should have recused himself and let an impartial judge take the case. He didn’t. It was a huge breach of the intent of the laws to protect the accused.
Whether Cosby is guilty or not, his rights...our rights, had been violated.