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30 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
BREAKING: Bill Cosby will be released from prison as his sexual assault conviction has been overturned by a Pennsylvania court. bit.ly/2UcPThh
Cosby was charged in 2015 and arrested just days before the 12-year statute of limitations expired on newly unsealed evidence. bit.ly/2UcPThh
At his trial, a judge at first allowed only one other accuser to testify, but then proceeded to allow five other accusers testify at a retrial. bit.ly/2UcPThh
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the testimony at the trial was tainted, even though a lower court found that he showed a pattern of drugging and molesting women. bit.ly/2UcPThh
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