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irisblue

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4. Damn nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:29 AM

Jun 2017

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UPDATED: Mistrial is declared in sexual-assault trial of entertainer Bill Cosby [View all] DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

the judge is lucky the jury remained hung DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #1

I think it's over...he never killed anyone, so it may not be re tried. angstlessk Jun 2017 #2

Prosecutors plan on another trial NobodyHere Jun 2017 #9

Maybe there will be. former9thward Jun 2017 #20

Maybe a plea deal and a few months house arrest? n/t Odoreida Jun 2017 #36

Most likely there will be. LanternWaste Jun 2017 #38

Reminds me of the OJ and Michael Jackson verdicts. n/t Calista241 Jun 2017 #3

Not quite the same. Both OJ and Michael were found not guilty. Drunken Irishman Jun 2017 #30

Damn nt irisblue Jun 2017 #4

50 plus women accuse and Cosby admits in a deposition? yallerdawg Jun 2017 #5

In a criminal trial, all it takes is just one jury member. Archae Jun 2017 #6

It depends on how many holdouts there were rocktivity Jun 2017 #34

On AM joy TEB Jun 2017 #7

Justice will be done sooner or later ucrdem Jun 2017 #8

I served on a murder trial and after the second vote of beachbum bob Jun 2017 #10

Thank You for sharing this...Very informative...!!!!! Stuart G Jun 2017 #13

high profile murder case almost 30 years ago and beachbum bob Jun 2017 #17

It will be interesting to see how the jury was split NobodyHere Jun 2017 #11

usually that number is provide beachbum bob Jun 2017 #14

I don't know how I would have voted as a juror. David__77 Jun 2017 #12

i figured as much rtracey Jun 2017 #15

Maybe. Igel Jun 2017 #21

Remember the jury cannot look at what's not presented to them. forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #23

This is American Justive,,,,, Rich Folk Justice! Cryptoad Jun 2017 #16

Seems like Cosby is an old man now and his reputation has been trashed. Grammy23 Jun 2017 #18

thats sad. But Cosby is ruined and a social pariah so hes in a jail of his own making. samnsara Jun 2017 #19

Jell-O Pudding Pops Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #22

Possible or it could simply be an issue of a prosecutor simply not putting together cstanleytech Jun 2017 #24

It never ceases to amaze me. qwlauren35 Jun 2017 #25

It's not about sex. It's about power. athena Jun 2017 #26

Sometimes qwlauren35 Jun 2017 #28

The jury didn't know about the 50+ women who had similar experiences MrPurple Jun 2017 #27

The judge couldnt allow them to testify though atleast not without having the case entirely cstanleytech Jun 2017 #32

That makes sense, but not really sure why the women couldn't testify under oath MrPurple Jun 2017 #35

Because it could be considered as tainting the jury and it essentially would have forced cstanleytech Jun 2017 #37

He walks free...at least for now. apcalc Jun 2017 #29

I was a jury forman on an OUI case in MA a few years ago CentralMass Jun 2017 #31

Never underestimate the need in our society to blame women for being raped. Squinch Jun 2017 #33

and that is why women don't report it...they think no one will believe them... CTyankee Jun 2017 #39