Why Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction Was Overturned
etonline.comBill Cosby was released from prison when his 2018 conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Legal expert Rachel Stockman spoke with ET to explain the circumstances behind the court's decision.«In this particular case, the legal rationale for why this verdict was overturned is because, basically, the higher court ruled that Bill Cosby's constitutional rights were infringed upon,» said Stockman, president of the Law&Crime Network.The former district attorney of Montgomery County wrote in an email to his successor that he «intentionally and specifically bound the Commonwealth that there would be no state prosecution of Cosby in order to remove from him the ability to claim.
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