Bill Cosby ... There is smoke.

[Riggo-toni]

[Kosher Ham]

NSFW - Language...briefly. 

 

 

[China]

Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years

 

Bill Cosby's mugshot released, moved to state prison

 

On Tuesday afternoon, Bill Cosby was processed at the Montgomery Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pennsylvania after being sentenced to 3-10 years in a state prison. He was also fined $25,000 plus the costs of prosecution.

 

Not long after, Cosby was then moved to State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, a state prison, for diagnostic and intake. There, his needs and health issues will be evaluated as officials decide which prison best suits him overall.

 

This process, which every inmate in the state prison system goes through, could take anywhere from weeks to months, Amy Worden of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections told CNN last week. 

 

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[Kosher Ham]

He's the first one to get time right? 

Meaning out of the Metoo.  Thing. 

[Jumbo]

hey hey hey

 

lock your raping ass away

 

**** you bill cosby

[PokerPacker]

Think there'll be any puddin' pops for him to suck on?

[Sacks 'n' Stuff]

Reminds me of the old game show from the 70's, the Prison Dating Game

 

COSBY: Inmate Number 1, if I was a puddin' pop, what would you do to me?

INMATE: I'd corner you in the shower and break me off a piece of that ass, ****.

 

 

I wasn't actually alive in the 70s so "reminds" might not be the right word. I'm pretty sure that's what it was like.

[zoony]

I miss pudding pops, they were awesome

[Rocky21]

Can anyone explain the 3 to 10 year sentence?  Who and how is it decided how much time he gets?  

[Riggo-toni]

I think it's based on behavior in prison.

Good behavior and appearance of contrition, might get paroled or released after 3 years.

[Mr. Sinister]

Gotta say, seems like a bull**** sentence to me.

[zoony]

Why is the Cosby camp getting a pass for crying racism?  These false claims should be met with the same outrage

[Sticksboi05]

There is absolutely a discussion to be had in America about minorities getting harsher sentences for the same crime......

 

BUT NOT HERE. Bill deserved more than he got and used his fame to scare women out of revealing him for the piece of **** he is. Save that double standard garbage for someone who deserves it.

[PleaseBlitz]

3 hours ago, Rocky21 said:

Can anyone explain the 3 to 10 year sentence?  Who and how is it decided how much time he gets?  

 

He was convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, all on the same person.  This wasn't a sentencing for all of his collective victims.  I believe that aggravated indecent assault is a step or 2 down from actual rape, likely because it was an easier charge to get a conviction for when the incident happened a long time ago and the only witness was drugged at the time (thanks to Cosby).  So the prosecutors wanted to make sure they got him for something carrying jail time, and they did.  

 

So the 3 to 10 comes from state sentencing guidelines for that charge.  The state sentencing guidelines indicate 22 to 36 months in prison, plus or minus 12 months because of aggravating or mitigating circumstances.  For each charge.  So, basically, he should have gotten 5 to 9 years and he got 3 to 10.  So he got less than "the book" says, probably due to the fact that he is old and blind, and maybe he got some credit for being rich and famous (and having highly paid legal counsel). 

Edited September 26, 2018 by PleaseBlitz

[Rocky21]

14 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

He was convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, all on the same person.  This wasn't a sentencing for all of his collective victims.  I believe that aggravated indecent assault is a step or 2 down from actual rape, likely because it was an easier charge to get a conviction for when the incident happened a long time ago and the only witness was drugged at the time (thanks to Cosby).  So the prosecutors wanted to make sure they got him for something carrying jail time, and they did.  

 

So the 3 to 10 comes from state sentencing guidelines for that charge.  The state sentencing guidelines indicate 22 to 36 months in prison, plus or minus 12 months because of aggravating or mitigating circumstances.  For each charge.  So, basically, he should have gotten 5 to 9 years and he got 3 to 10.  So he got less than "the book" says, probably due to the fact that he is old and blind, and maybe he got some credit for being rich and famous (and having highly paid legal counsel). 

Thanks.  It's nice having lawyers around here. 

 

I was just curious how it is decided whether he gets the 3 years or the 10 years or in-between.   

[PleaseBlitz]

4 minutes ago, Rocky21 said:

Thanks.  It's nice having lawyers around here. 

 

I was just curious how it is decided whether he gets the 3 years or the 10 years or in-between.   

 

Not 100% sure on how it works in PA, but probably a parole board will make that determination.  Likely to be a very subjective decision.  

[Riggo-toni]

[China]

Cosby judge shoots down comedian's motion for new trial and reduced sentence

 

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – Bill Cosby’s trial judge is rejecting the actor’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing and directing him to file any appeals with the state Superior Court.

 

Cosby is serving a three- to 10-year state prison term after a jury earlier this year convicted him of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004.

 

Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill says he did an “exhaustive review” of Cosby’s post-trial motion outlining alleged trial errors as well as the response from prosecutors. O’Neill did not attach an opinion to the order filed Tuesday.

 

Cosby’s lawyers call the sentence unnecessarily harsh and say the time limit to file charges may have run before Cosby was arrested in 2015.

The 81-year-old actor is serving time at a state prison near Philadelphia.

 

His wife of more than 50 years, Camille Cosby, who is leading the effort to remove O'Neill from the case by depicting him as biased and unethical, issued a statement after the ruling saying it further showed the "bias" the judge allegedly has towards Cosby. 

 

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[Rocky21]

Hey Cosby family.  Have fun with those legal bills. 

[Kosher Ham]

4 hours ago, Rocky21 said:

Hey Cosby family.  Have fun with those legal bills. 

 

I believe he is still worth a few hundred million. Not to concerned with what his family can afford at this point. 

[China]

Bill Cosby's spokesman says the comedian thinks prison is an 'amazing experience'

 

Despite the circumstances, Bill Cosby said his time in prison is an "amazing experience," his press spokesman Andrew Wyatt said in a TV interview.

Wait, really?

"Yeah, he used the term amazing experience," Wyatt said.

Wyatt's interview with WCAU in Philadelphia provides new details of Cosby's time behind bars at SCI Phoenix, the prison outside Philadelphia. 

 

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[China]

Bill Cosby sex assault verdict upheld; spokesman lashes out

 

Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.

 

In its ruling, the Superior Court affirmed the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the same issue fought over in movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial, now set for Jan. 6.

 

“This decision is a reminder that no one is above the law,” Andrea Constand, the victim in Cosby's case, said in a text message to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

 

Cosby’s lawyers had complained that the judge had let five women testify at last year’s retrial in suburban Philadelphia, although he had let just one woman testify at the first trial in 2017.

 

But the Superior Court said their testimony was evidence of Cosby’s “unique sexual assault playbook” and undermined any claim that he “was unaware of or mistaken about victim’s failure to consent."

 

The prosecutor who took the case to trial praised Constand for inspiring other victims to come forward against powerful men. She went to police long before the #MeToo movement saw prominent men in entertainment, business, media and other fields brought down over their treatment of women.

 

“She came to law enforcement almost 15 years ago seeking justice for what was done to her,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Tuesday. “The world is forever changed because of Andrea’s bravery."

 

Lawyers for Cosby had argued eight issues on appeal. They challenged the judge's decision to air Cosby's damaging deposition testimony from a related lawsuit; said he had a binding promise from a former prosecutor that he would never be charged; and said a juror had prejudged Cosby's guilt.

 

The appeals court rejected those arguments and also upheld his classification as a sexually violent predator subject to lifetime supervision.

 

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[Larry]

Gotta say that I was told some time ago (by a criminal defense attorney) that when prosecuting a defendant for Crime X, them evidence of him committing that same crime on other occasions (even prior convictions) cannot be introduced. They have to prove that he committed the crime he's accused of, on it's own. 

[PleaseBlitz]

Every time this thread gets bumped I assume he died. 

 

It brightens my day for a sec, each time. 

[China]

Bill Cosby Can’t Leave Prison During COVID-19 Pandemic, Says Prison Spokesperson

 

A number of inmates across the country have been angling for a release from prison amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes convicted sex offender Bill Cosby, 82. Well, that isn’t happening for him any time soon, at least as things stand.

 

“Sex offenders are not eligible under the reprieve criteria,” a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson told Fox News.

 

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