"Oh, you Americans with your due process and fair trials."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/us/bill-cosby-hung-jury/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/us/bill-cosby-hung-jury/index.html
WTF?!? Bill Cosby jury deadlocked. I thought the media already convicted him????
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I cannot see how they can possibly find him guilty. Probably some emotional people on the jury, but there's no evidence.
Does not mean he is not guilty, but this is a trial.
LdN
Is this a legal question?
I would call testimony just that, testimony. She could be a liar.
Evidence in my opinion would be something indisputable that backs up her story.
LdN
LdN: If her testimony is admitted, it is evidence. Whether you or, more importantly, the jury, regard her testimony as credible is a different issue.
I might add that I am not invested in the outcome here. I think that Cosby is probably guilty as hell, but I do not care all that much either way. I was just making a comment on the legal question of whether there was "evidence."
I might add that I am not invested in the outcome here. I think that Cosby is probably guilty as hell, but I do not care all that much either way. I was just making a comment on the legal question of whether there was "evidence."
Whatever. Stop splitting hairs. Obviously she gave testimony. Duh. Not sure if you're trying to be clever or just a lawyer.
I'm an attorney. That's what we do. Can't help it.
We're not in a courtroom. This is a message board.
I get that, but implicit in your statement that there was "no evidence" is a judgment that either: (1) Andrea Constand's testimony was not credible, or (2) there was no physical (or other) evidence to support her account of what happened..
Forget about all of this. The important thing is that our system of justice here in America is the best on earth, nearly infallible in fact, and C,S,S will each serve jail time for their very, very horrific crimes. And I for one am very proud to be from a state that is a quintessential example of such justice.
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I'm sure all those men that you hear about through the years that were falsely imprisoned, some being vindicated by DNA evidence, appreciate the fact that our system of justice is nearly infallible.
LOL, would it have helped you if he had included a sarcasm icon with his post?
I don't know why there was even a trial since (we learned) all abuse victims must be believed.
It is also Pennsylvania so "evidence" isn't really important.
60 women is a lot to make accusations. I am not assuming anything. He was removed from the Temple board though very quickly. We had a lot of people on the PSU board that should have been "early retired" from the word "go" 6 years ago. Sort of hard when it is run like a mafia ring at the top I suppose.
Problem is he isn't on trial for 60 women making accusations. He's on trial for one case that happened 13 years ago.
There is no third party to corroborate the story. Just a bunch of people making accusations.
LdN
Hard to get 12 randomly selected individuals to unanimously agree on ANYTHING in this country today!
I have a hard time believing Cosby is guilty. Have you seen pictures of this broad? You'd have to drug ME to put it to her.
