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Could Cosby Sue For Wrongful Conviction?

JonathanTurley

Bill Cosby is a free man after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction that sent him to jail roughly three years ago to serve 3-10 years for sexual assault. agreed not to charge Cosby in return for his civil deposition. Pennsylvania is not one of them (which is quite surprising). However, recently Gov.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

In Pennsylvania, another prosecutor insisted that politics had nothing to do with a case. Kevin Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney who convicted comedian Bill Cosby in 2018, remained defiant after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Cosby’s sexual assault conviction on Wednesday. The Cosby ruling. In Cosby v.