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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Cosby at home and not in prison?
I know he has not been sentenced, but he was found guilty of violent sex acts and will spend time in jail.
dameatball
(7,402 posts)Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)n/t
John Fante
(3,479 posts)(can't lie, I got that from The Office)
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)n/t
dameatball
(7,402 posts)dameatball
(7,402 posts)Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)dameatball
(7,402 posts)Maybe I need to learn how to use that red "arcasm"thing I see on DU now and then....
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)Don't be surprised, if upon sentencing, he is allowed to remain free pending appeal.
BigmanPigman
(51,649 posts)is too old and sickly to spend time in a cold prison...
lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)People in his position seldom go to jail.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)hearing the verdict !!! Good behavior....
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)"You are making a very big deal of something where there is a very high bail and he has appeared at every appearance," O'Neill said.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/us/bill-cosby-appeal-prison-time/index.html
mackdaddy
(1,530 posts)Really what has he got to lose now if he runs with his millions?
So what if he made his earlier hearings. He is now going to prison for life.
triron
(22,029 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)It is called injustice, corruption...
treestar
(82,383 posts)It might be a burden on the system to have that old a prisoner; at least, a new one (as opposed to the likes of Charles Manson who was with them for decades).
SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)He cited Cosby's age. That should not matter. Indeed, if anything, it militates in favor of sending Cosby to jail now, so that he at least serves some jail time. Otherwise, with lengthy appeals, he stands a good chance of dying before serving any jail time, and thus escaping punishment altogether.
dameatball
(7,402 posts)That is like saying "But he has a nice puppy."
SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)It could explain his sympathy for Cosby.
I doubt he worries that he will ever been in the shoes of a sexual assault victim, hence his lack of identification with or empathy for the victim.
dameatball
(7,402 posts)She told me....out of the blue.....that she had been drugged and date raped by two guys at an auto show, but she could not prove it. I asked her why she had not pursued it and she said she felt like no one would really listen. That was 25-30 years ago. I believe her. She is very down to earth and just wanted to turn the page
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)She was victimized in multiple ways that went beyond the violent sex act by Crosby.
Too bad your friend did not go in to an emergency room and get a blood test for the drug(s) and all the other evidence that can be collected. I think they call it a rape-kit. That is what women should do. Immediately, before showering or changing clothes, go to a hospital for evidence collection and report to the police while there.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,927 posts)Which many times they don't. There is a huge backlog on testing them. In some larger cities, thousands have sat for years. In Detroit, they discovered over 11,000 rape kits just sitting in storage. All untested. It took them 9 years to process them, with the last of that batch just recently being processed this past March.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Those are the two factors.