The trial of Bill Cosby for indecent assault has ended in a mistrial. I was told that I should comment, so here goes:
1. The DA of Montgomery County, PA has already announced that his office will retry the case. This is silly. I would think that the DA might want to speak to the jurors to find out what the logjam in their deliberations really was. If there was one holdout who wanted to convict while all the others were in favor of acquittal, that is very different from one holdout who wanted to acquit while all the others wanted a conviction. The DA, however, is in such a rush for some publicity to lessen the embarrassment of his office, that he ignores doing his job properly.
2. It's not surprising that this was the result. No matter what else gets said, there had to be a rational explanation for why all these women waited for 10 or 20 years to come forward to complain. The alleged victim in this trial almost missed the statute of limitations by waiting for nine years and nine months before coming forward. To say the least, it is very difficult to explain away a delay like that. It's not impossible, but it does raise doubts, and doubts are all that are needed for acquittal.
3. I sincerely, doubt that the retrial will end any differently.
4. Finally, with all that being said, I can say that Cosby is really not a good person. He admits that he gave the drugs in question to women, but claims it was consensual. It's possible that his excuse is true, but it doesn't make him a good person. Quite the contrary is true in my opinion.
1. The DA of Montgomery County, PA has already announced that his office will retry the case. This is silly. I would think that the DA might want to speak to the jurors to find out what the logjam in their deliberations really was. If there was one holdout who wanted to convict while all the others were in favor of acquittal, that is very different from one holdout who wanted to acquit while all the others wanted a conviction. The DA, however, is in such a rush for some publicity to lessen the embarrassment of his office, that he ignores doing his job properly.
2. It's not surprising that this was the result. No matter what else gets said, there had to be a rational explanation for why all these women waited for 10 or 20 years to come forward to complain. The alleged victim in this trial almost missed the statute of limitations by waiting for nine years and nine months before coming forward. To say the least, it is very difficult to explain away a delay like that. It's not impossible, but it does raise doubts, and doubts are all that are needed for acquittal.
3. I sincerely, doubt that the retrial will end any differently.
4. Finally, with all that being said, I can say that Cosby is really not a good person. He admits that he gave the drugs in question to women, but claims it was consensual. It's possible that his excuse is true, but it doesn't make him a good person. Quite the contrary is true in my opinion.
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