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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297909
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This could be debated forever; but, here are the facts:
  • Cosby is a jerk, probably as well liked as Derick Chauvin
  • Cosby was a serial womanizer
  • Cosby was offered (promised) immunity from prosecution if he answered questions for the civil cases
  • Cosby complied
  • Prosecutors reneged. said "just kidding" and prosecuted relentlessly, using Cosby's words from the civil trials as evidence.


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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297913
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Cosby is an idiot-anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.No exceptions to that.
And yes, lying is allowed to collect evidence.If you think otherwise you are naieve.


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Re: Cosby [Re: Boco] #7297920
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Originally Posted by Boco
Cosby is an idiot-anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.No exceptions to that.
And yes, lying is allowed to collect evidence.If you think otherwise you are naieve.

Maybe in Canada. Not in the US if laws and constitution is followed.

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Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
Originally Posted by Boco
Cosby is an idiot-anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.No exceptions to that.
And yes, lying is allowed to collect evidence.If you think otherwise you are naieve.

Maybe in Canada. Not in the US if laws and constitution is followed.


You're naieve.


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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297926
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You can lie in many scenarios,but this one is really isn't lying. You had a prosecutor make a deal, then the new prosecutor breaks the deal.

Re: Cosby [Re: SNIPERBBB] #7297929
07/02/21 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
You can lie in many scenarios,but this one is really isn't lying. You had a prosecutor make a deal, then the new prosecutor breaks the deal.


Maybe only free men can see the issue here grin


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Re: Cosby [Re: Leftlane] #7297934
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
You can lie in many scenarios,but this one is really isn't lying. You had a prosecutor make a deal, then the new prosecutor breaks the deal.


Maybe only free men can see the issue here grin

Bingo.Up in Pakistanada they just do whatever the Man Queen says to do. grin


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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297948
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You sure are suckers for the con,lol.
No wonder the lefties are kicking you around all the time.


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I don't care what It takes to put the scum bags behind bars.


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Originally Posted by Boco
You sure are suckers for the con,lol.
No wonder the lefties are kicking you around all the time.

Your Man Queen hero still got them Canada Citizens in Quarantine? PAKISTANADA Hahahaaaaa grin You should pump up the tires on your house and go rescue them folks !!!!

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Re: Cosby [Re: The Beav] #7297956
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Originally Posted by The Beav
I don't care what It takes to put the scum bags behind bars.


That's just fine and dandy as long as your tribe controls the courts or until they turn on you.


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Re: Cosby [Re: warrior] #7297960
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Originally Posted by warrior
Originally Posted by The Beav
I don't care what It takes to put the scum bags behind bars.


That's just fine and dandy as long as your tribe controls the courts or until they turn on you.


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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297972
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Crime is a crime-why should you get a pass based on you're political stripe?
That has absolutely nothing to do with justice served.
Dont matter what side you're on if you committed a crime and are trying to get away with it for whatever reason you should be brought to justice.
I agree with the Beav.
I dont agree with torture to get a confession.


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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297980
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What is a crime?

Something so horrendous that we can all agree that it is beyond the pale?

Something that I or you or some other power decrees as such?

The first is known as malum in se or wrong in fact.

The latter malum in prohibitum or wrong because we say so.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The distinction between malum in se and malum prohibitum offenses is best characterized as follows: a malum in se offense is "naturally evil as adjudged by the sense of a civilized community," whereas a malum prohibitum offense is wrong only because a statute makes it so.


So do we forget all rules that preserve the rights of the individual if the former is on trial yet we expect the rules to apply in the latter?

Where is the line drawn?

Just who and what gets to declare what is malum prihibitum? Me, you, your ex wife? What measures can be taken to prosecute?

Again, I think we can all agree that what Cosby was accused, charged and eventually convicted of is clearly malum in se and fully deserving of punishment. However at what point on this sliding scale of to what degree do we strip a man of his innate sovereignity in the pursuit of justice? This actually has nothing at all to do with Mr Cosby and everything to do with what you or I should expect to receive in the face of state power.

We as Canadians and Americans share a common history and culture to include the basis of our legal system and we both hold to english common law and one of the greatest commentaries on the subject is Blackstone's Commentaries. This quote is from that source.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. as expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s.




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Re: Cosby [Re: Fisher Man] #7297982
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In my book a crime far far worse than rape is the innocent suffering at the hands of the state.


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The prosecutor should have never made a deal with Cosby. In my mind rape is on par or worse than murder. But. . . the prosecutor did make the deal. A legal deal. Made because they didn't have evidence to convict Cosby on. (basically they had no evidence, just a bunch of womens hearsay, and these women never came out and accused him until many years after it would have been possible to obtain evidence, which brings their testimony into considerable doubt. Especially against someone famous, with the kind of money Cosby had, and outspoken on politics, all of which made him a vulnerable target for a smear campaign).

No whether I agree with the deal or not, it was a legal deal, and should have held. Is it a travesty that he spent three years in jail? No, in the sense that he deserves much worse. But. . . it is a travesty that he was even prosecuted, much less found guilty and it took three years to overturn, because he had a written, legal deal, and all evidence was unadmissable because of that deal. If it would have been someone like most of those on this site, with a few thousands of dollars in the bank instead of millions, do you think we would have ever seen the light of day? Doesn't matter what the crime was, the fact that the "justice system" broke the rules and charged and convicted him despite their clear legal inability to do so is what is really scary.

Personally I think the prosecutor that prosecuted him, and the judge who oversaw the case and didn't throw it out of court, deserve at a minimum to serve the same sentence he did, plus pay all reperations out of their own pocket. They should be thrown in general population at the state prison for three years and see how they like it.

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Well,its easy enough to circumvent bothersome laws.
Just look what was done after 911.What was it called-Rendering-or something like that?
Round them up-transport to a more "friendly" jurisdiction and torture the crap out of them till they admit to anything -made up or not.
Verbal deception played on Cosby (who was trying to slither his way out) by authorities is nothing-you still have your right to remain silent.

So quit with the holier than thou BS.

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Re: Cosby [Re: bearcat2] #7297998
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Originally Posted by bearcat2
The prosecutor should have never made a deal with Cosby. In my mind rape is on par or worse than murder. But. . . the prosecutor did make the deal. A legal deal. Made because they didn't have evidence to convict Cosby on. (basically they had no evidence, just a bunch of womens hearsay, and these women never came out and accused him until many years after it would have been possible to obtain evidence, which brings their testimony into considerable doubt. Especially against someone famous, with the kind of money Cosby had, and outspoken on politics, all of which made him a vulnerable target for a smear campaign).

No whether I agree with the deal or not, it was a legal deal, and should have held. Is it a travesty that he spent three years in jail? No, in the sense that he deserves much worse. But. . . it is a travesty that he was even prosecuted, much less found guilty and it took three years to overturn, because he had a written, legal deal, and all evidence was unadmissable because of that deal. If it would have been someone like most of those on this site, with a few thousands of dollars in the bank instead of millions, do you think we would have ever seen the light of day? Doesn't matter what the crime was, the fact that the "justice system" broke the rules and charged and convicted him despite their clear legal inability to do so is what is really scary.

Personally I think the prosecutor that prosecuted him, and the judge who oversaw the case and didn't throw it out of court, deserve at a minimum to serve the same sentence he did, plus pay all reperations out of their own pocket. They should be thrown in general population at the state prison for three years and see how they like it.


This touches on a huge disparity within our system. One gets the justice they can afford.

The average Joe in the same circumstances is screwed. JMO but there is only one logical recourse to correct this. Strip sovereign immunity both civilly and criminally from the government. Until the prosecutors and judges face personal consequences for bad actions whether intentional or not nothing will change.

The safety and security of our system in all it's actions should rely on the integrity of the individuals holding power. Unfortunately I doubt any sane person would call what we now have is integrity.


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One thing to remember about prosecutors generally, they are by default politicians. They're either elected or appointed by people that are elected. They have to ha e a winning record. They aren't going to persue cases they know they can't win or have political interests that conflict. Prosecutorial discretion. It can be good or bag. Epstein's original case in Florida was orders of magnitude worse. Or you can have cases where if someone rescued some one but had to destroy and trespass on some property. most people would want that not prosecuted.

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Originally Posted by warrior
Originally Posted by The Beav
I don't care what It takes to put the scum bags behind bars.


That's just fine and dandy as long as your tribe controls the courts or until they turn on you.



Bingo, anyone who doesn't recognize that will act surprised when they cut off their own nose to spite there face (never saw it comin LOL)


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