Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction & sentence today.  The ruling claimed Cosby's right to due process was violated in his previous criminal trial.  They also decided a retrial wasn't an option & the only remedy was his release from prison.

From everything I have heard about this, and I do agree that it's a travesty that he is going to be released as he is undoubtedly guilty as fuck, but the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine is one of the bedrocks of our justice system and applies to the guilty as well as the innocent and prevents overzealous cops and prosecutors from trampling over the rights of innocent people.

you didn't mention that the reason for that was the prosecuting DA had granted him immunity from criminal charges if he would waive his 5th Amendment rights and testify at the civil trial. That resulted in the accuser receiving 3 million as compensations. Perhaps that was considered better redress of harm than locking an old black guy up in jail at the end of his life.

Yeah, you can't grant immunity to testify and then renege. He might not have gotten convicted except due to the admissions under the immunity deal.

The link I posted turns out it's a page that had multiple active stories on the subject.  I didn't look at all of them when I posted it.  I also haven't checked back since I originally posted, so the articles there may have changed since then in live real time.

I say he sues the office of the attorney general in PA for compensation for his wrongful imprisonment.  

The case should have never been tried because of the deal..

IMHO there are three crimes here.  Crime 1) What Cosby did to his victims.  Crime 2) What the DA did to Crosby and his victims.    Crime 3 ) Cosby’’s hypocrisy.  

Many people condemn the hypocrisy of saying one thing and doing the opposite. This is actually a strange condemnation.  It's a good thing that bad people endorse good behavior.  The alternative is for bad people to endorse bad behavior.  That's worse.

To some it's priceless... and thus aint no price range of dead president paper in universe that can match the satisfaction of karma catching up.

Does his race REALLY have anything to do with this?

He was a folksy stand up comic before he was an actor.  Most of his comedy routines were about family life.  Then he played a dad in his sitcom, so "preaching" family values, in my opinion, was just another way to strengthen his brand.  A lot of actors are not the same in real life as they are on the screen, and most will do and say things that will be consistent with the parts they play when they are acting.   It just shows he was an adept marketing guy, and I wouldn't hold that against him, so I can only buy into your first and second point.  

do you have any indication that either the victim or the DA in this specific case did? Seems unlikely given what the DA is on record having said and the very hi probability (though I don't know for a fact) that the victim was aware of the deal to get the testimony in the civil trial they were bringing. (IIRC that started after it was becoming apparent that the criminal case was unlikely to move forward.)

Unlike the 30 plus women he drugged and raped....

Sorry, I'm not getting your question. Indication that either the victim or DA did what?

Did you even bother reading the link the OP provided? Based on your comments to me the answer appears to be "No, I didn't so was just stating an opinion that really had no real relevance to the post I responded to." In other words, yes, some might have approached the situation as you suggested, but your statement is actually a counterfactual in the case under discussion.

This guy was a sexual predator his whole life, and he used drugs to disarm his targets. How much more despicable can a human be? It seems like he should not get a blanket pardon for his actions or be able to buy his way out of it as he did on the civil side. I don’t see why they shouldn’t be able to nail him based on the testimony of a different group of women he abused. The fact that he said he drugged and abused women shouldn’t give him blanket immunity against all women he abused. I hope they figure out a way to charge him again. I don’t care if he’s white, black, famous or not, he should pay!

The conviction wasn't vacated based on ANY facts at trial being contested. It was vacated ONLY because of a prior deal not to indict in which he admitted to the truth of the basic facts of the case.

First of all.......We all grew up watching Bill Cosby on TV. And frankly, There are people who are obsessed with Money, Fame/Spot Light & Etc.  Therefor they will put themselves out there to extort the rich for money. So, Don't believe everything you hear & See.  

Yes, I have read the article in OPs link.

So what are you saying, give him a pass. He admitted in his deposition what he did. He is scum, hoping he didn’t get a Covid shot. This coming from a black male. Rape and to have to drug women to sleep with them is despicable.

Him and his play wife on TV are members of the fraternity and sorority system.   Recruiting ground for masons.  Some interesting points.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9751189/Newly-freed-Bill-Cosby-denies-spiking-drinks-having-non-consensual-sex.html
Bill Cosby denies 'spiking drinks' and having non-consensual sex with anyone as he blames 'mainstream media' for taking his deposition testimony out of context just days after release from prison
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"Bill Cosby, 83, sent out a series of tweets, denying drugging women, or having non-consensual sex with anyone.  Newly freed comedian reserved harshest criticism for news media, saying they have 'irresponsibly, egregiously and inexcusably misled the public'" [fake news?]
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/60-women-accused-bill-cosby-his-conviction-had-been-considered-n1272864
60 women accused Bill Cosby. His conviction had been considered a big win for #MeToo
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"Sixty women have accused Cosby, 83, of a variety of offenses, including groping, sexual assault and rape as far back as the 1960s."

with a woman once.  It was at a party and I was really drunk.  I passed out and when I woke up, some of my semen was missing.  I knew what happened, but I never knew who it was.  Lol

A famous beautiful actress invited me up to her hotel suite, I thought we were just going to talk because there were couches in a separate room from the bedroom. We had drinks, I became woozy. It's a blur but I remember her unzipping my pants and taking out my cock and kissing the head, gently. I said, no, no I'm a virgin, but she wouldn't stop. I tried pushing her away but she sucked even harder like a Hoover vacuum cleaner. The last thing I remember was her lifting her mini skirt and seeing her bald shaved pussy lowering herself onto my big hard throbbing cock. The only thing I remember the next morning was a used condom on the floor next to me the next morning, and my mom knocking on my basement bedroom door telling me it's time to go to work.

controls some of the courts in this country.  

how do you know it was a WOMAN?

Ahh, don’t forget he played a spy before the Dad role.  I SPY a with Robert Culp.