# They're letting Bill Cosby out of prison **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343 "2021-06-30T17:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/1 "2021-06-30T17:25:17Z")
the guy has at least fifty known victims and served two years. > **[Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned](https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-conviction-overturned-5c073fb64bc5df4d7b99ee7fadddbe5a)** > > PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who... ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/2 "2021-06-30T18:11:48Z")
A little disappointed here (not that I have any real knowledge about Ms Rashaad): > “FINALLY!!! A terrible wrong is being righted — a miscarriage of justice is corrected!′ the actor’s “Cosby Show” co-star Phylicia Rashad tweeted. The conviction has been overturned, but he was still found guilty by a jury of his peers, so this is a weak at best vindication. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/3 "2021-06-30T18:44:09Z")
Non-Pit version of this thread is in MPSIMS, the Café thread was merged into it: > [@Bill Cosby Conviction Overturned: No retrial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-conviction-overturned-no-retrial/945342): > > I’m interested in reading the full opinion later when I get a chance. I would love to hear comments. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/4 "2021-06-30T18:51:34Z")
Well hey, **Acey** thinks the time he served was enough to punish him for serial rape. Stay classy **Acey**. > [@Bill Cosby Conviction Overturned: No retrial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-conviction-overturned-no-retrial/945342/5): > > IIRC Cosby’s lawyers were assured he could give the deposition without prosecution. New DA says screw that. If they pull that on Cosby they can do it to me or you. A agreement with a DA and your attorney needs to have validity. Nevertheless, Cosby served several years hard time. He got punishment for his crimes. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/5 "2021-06-30T19:05:34Z")
I anxiously await his return to show biz and humorous vignettes about how buck-buck is played behind bars. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/6 "2021-06-30T19:44:43Z")
Phylicia Rashad can get fucked, too. It’s blatantly clear he raped at least this woman, by his own words, and dozens of others. Calling his imprisonment a miscarriage of justice is all but stating, “I don’t care that he did it because I worked with him.” Also, talk about a fucked up decision. Crosby had an agreement with the previous DA, despite literally no evidence of such a thing? My nine-year-old niece knows you get all that shit in writing. Crosby’s lawyers couldn’t even manage that? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/7 "2021-06-30T19:51:02Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > despite literally no evidence of such a thing? No written evidence. I assume the previous DA admitted to the agreement. And Cosby probably didn’t want it in writing because that would be a paper near-admission of guilt, which while presumably not admissible in a criminal trial would be gold in a civil suit. Oral agreements need to be binding as long as there is no dispute about the agreement (and the existence of the agreement here doesn’t appear to be in dispute). It’s the details that require writing and why you should generally require it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/8 "2021-06-30T20:53:29Z")
Are there no unresolved criminal cases against Cosby? Surely not all the multi-state statutes of limitations have expired. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/9 "2021-06-30T20:56:31Z")
They have. The one they got him on was days from being past the limit. The DA that prosecuted after the deal was made went on to defend trump at his second impeachment. He and Cosby can both rot for all I care. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/10 "2021-06-30T22:54:24Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Also, talk about a fucked up decision. Crosby had an agreement with the previous DA, despite literally no evidence of such a thing? My nine-year-old niece knows you get all that shit in writing. Crosby’s lawyers couldn’t even manage that? Nah. Hey look, by all I’ve read Bing Crosby was a real asshole but he’s dead now so let’s keep the focus on the rapist that just got out of prison. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/11 "2021-06-30T22:59:49Z")
I don’t think he meant Bing…probably David. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/12 "2021-06-30T23:01:27Z")
You are right, my mistake for assuming. Or maybe Denise Crosby, Bing’s granddaughter (the beloved Tasha Yar of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/13 "2021-06-30T23:01:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Chisquirrel](#): > > > > Also, talk about a fucked up decision. Crosby had an agreement with the previous DA, despite literally no evidence of such a thing? My nine-year-old niece knows you get all that shit in writing. Crosby’s lawyers couldn’t even manage that? Nah. > > Hey look, by all I’ve read Bing Crosby was a real asshole but he’s dead now so let’s keep the focus on the rapist that just got out of prison. He was in those “Road To…” movies, wasn’t he? One of them was Road To…what…oh yeah, _Perdition_". mmm ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/14 "2021-06-30T23:03:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Hey look, by all I’ve read Bing Crosby was a real asshole but he’s dead now so let’s keep the focus on the rapist that just got out of prison. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I don’t think he meant Bing…probably David. > [@Atamasama](#): > > You are right, my mistake for assuming. > > Or maybe Denise Crosby, Bing’s granddaughter (the beloved Tasha Yar of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ ). Or Bing’s brother [Bob?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crosby) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/15 "2021-06-30T23:32:17Z")
So, like, where is he going to go? No place wants him. Maybe he could move in with OJ Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/16 "2021-07-01T05:50:07Z")
Nah, I was talking about Mason Crosby, the [Silver Fox](https://images.app.goo.gl/ynFZcUPDUyzRDhuMA). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/17 "2021-07-01T14:23:22Z")
I think that’s why Cathy Lee changed her last name to Gifford. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-letting-bill-cosby-out-of-prison/945343/18 "2021-07-06T23:47:30Z")
[sarcasm] And now, our beloved Breitbart is giving him a podcast. [/sarcasm] >