Bill Cosby被放出來了！
2018年Bill Cosby被判有罪的時候，在美國＃metoo運動被視為指標性判決之一。當時判有罪，已經在法界有很多爭議，他的律師當時就很氣憤，說Bill Cosby的案子緊跟著Harvey Weinstein的案子後面，根本不可能有公平的審判。但當時的民氣，認為是正義受到伸張。
這次上訴法庭的七位法官就以6－1的懸殊比數，駁回了下級法院的有罪判決。認為Bill Cosby當時是跟檢察官達成協議，不會受到刑事法庭起訴的條件，才去民事法庭作證。所以他根本就不應該被刑事起訴
Mr. Cosby’s lawyers, who had said at the time that allegations against Mr. Weinstein would make it difficult for them to receive a fair trial, later suggested in an appeal that the outcome had been influenced by what they described as a period of “public panic.”
In their 79-page opinion, the judges wrote that a previous prosecutor’s statement that Mr. Cosby would not face charges, which paved the way for Mr. Cosby to testify in a civil trial, meant that he should not have been charged in the case. It was a 6-to-1 ruling, with two of the judges in the majority dissenting on the remedy, which barred a retrial.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/arts/television/bill-cosby-release-conviction.html?smid=url-share
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