Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction.
The court agreed with a previous prosecutor that prevented Cosby from being charged in the case.
BREAKING: Bill Cosby has been released from prison after his conviction on sexual assault charges was overturned by Pennsylvania's highest court. https://t.co/IEDaodP3x7
— ABC News (@ABC) June 30, 2021
The court said the prosecution’s decision not to charge him allowed Cosby to speak freely in a lawsuit against him and that testimony was key in his conviction years ago.
Cosby served more than 2 years of a 3-10 year sentence.
He vowed to serve all 10 years rather than apologize.
People are not happy…
Allison Mack will serve more time than Bill Cosby. Fascinating.
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 30, 2021
He's free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime. Here's Bill Cosby admitting he drugged and raped women: https://t.co/TOWhTr4I1j https://t.co/vimWPByhom
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 30, 2021
Right now there are 60 enraged victims who cannot believe a RAPIST was let out of jail with an overturned conviction… #BillCosby pic.twitter.com/TfoxqOSI8B
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) June 30, 2021
“I never wanna hear ‘Well did you report it?’ again.” https://t.co/YRXmvD3uQH
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) June 30, 2021
We wanted to #FreeBritney not #FreeBill 😭😭 #BritneySpears #BillCosby pic.twitter.com/HhnrRX4f5d
— Gerrad Roach (@Gerrad_Roach) June 30, 2021
Can’t believe Bill Cosby was released from prison… I just pictured him knocking on doors to inform his neighbors he’s a sex offender… “Hey hey hey”…
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) June 30, 2021
Critics of the decision are saying it feels like a failure of the legal system: “At the end of the day, rulings like this mean survivors of sexual abuse will be less willing to step forward, afraid that the legal system is stacked against them" https://t.co/ZKTohHiYwt
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 30, 2021
Opens Twitter.#BillCosby has been released from jail.
Me: pic.twitter.com/CBeptDxhyx
— L🙈I🙉V🙊(she/her) (@quiet_quinn) June 30, 2021
