Pennsylvania Supreme Court -over turns Bill Cosby conviction

I do not have anything constructive to add - as I’m sitting here in absolute shock by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s (SCoPA) decision.

D.A. Castor’s successors did not feel bound by his decision, and decided to prosecute Cosby notwithstanding that prior undertaking. The fruits of Cosby’s reliance upon D.A. Castor’s decisionCosby’s sworn inculpatory testimonywere then used by D.A. Castor’s successors against Cosby at Cosby’s criminal trial. We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether D.A. Castor’s decision not to prosecute Cosby in exchange for his testimony must be enforced against the Commonwealth.

I’ve only briefly scanned the filing but it appears the SCoPA found that the lower court gravely errored by allowing five victims to provide testimony of what Bill Cosby did to them. In short the SCoPA ruled that the testimony was prejudicial and thereby violating Cosby’s rights. I kind of feel sick to my stomach.

I am genuinely disgusted by this. I’ll never understand why there are statute of limitations placed on sexual assault crimes. Because one thing to remember is that the criminal charge against Bill Cosby was literally lodged with a few hours left on the Statue of Limitations clock.

Link to SCoPA Opinion/Order:

https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Supreme/out/J-100-2020mo%20-%20104821740139246918.pdf?cb=1

At any rate I have a 3PM Depo that will put me out of pocked until later tonight. But I wanted my readers to have access to the full SCoPA Order/Opinion