Bill Cosby trial: Mistrial declared as jury deadlocks. Story highlights Andrea Constand's attorney says her client is entitled to a verdict. The judge says he'll try to schedule new trial within 1. Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)The high- profile case accusing Bill Cosby ofaggravated indecent assault ended in a mistrial Saturday after a Pennsylvania jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision.
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The outcome leaves one of America's most recognized entertainers as well as his accusers without vindication, but prosecutors immediately announced they will retry the case. About an hour into the sixth day of deliberations, Judge Steven O'Neill declared that the jury of seven men and five women were hopelessly deadlocked in a legal battle closely watched by the public as well as dozens of women who have accused Cosby of similar misconduct in the past."Do not feel like you've let the justice system down," O'Neill told the jurors, who labored for more than 5. Addressing Cosby, who appeared stoic and calm at the inconclusive finale of his trial, O'Neill said: "It's not a failure or a victory." Outside court, Cosby, 7. Andrew Wyatt pumped his fist in air and declared that Cosby's "power is back."A spokeswoman for Cosby's wife, Camille, delivered a statement blasting the prosecution, judge and media: "How do I describe the district attorney? Heinously and exploitively ambitious. How do I describe the judge? Overtly and arrogantly collaborating with the district attorney.
How do I describe the counsels for the accusers? Totally unethical. How do I describe many, but not all, general media? Blatantly vicious entities that continually disseminated intentional omissions of truths for the primary purpose of greedily selling sensationalism at the expense of a human life." Angela Agrusa, a member of Cosby's legal team, also took aim at the prosecution. Juries are stuck when a prosecutor seeks to put someone in prison for things that are simply not presented in the courtroom," she said.
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And the jury stuck to what they were asked to do, and that is to review the evidence before them and there simply wasn't enough."Cosby lawyer Brian Mc. Monagle thanked the jurors and said, "We came here looking for an acquittal but like that Rolling Stones song says, 'You can't always get what you want. But sometimes you get what you need.'"'It's too early to celebrate' At a news conference afterward, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said prosecutors will "evaluate and review our case" and retry Cosby."Our plan is to move this case forward as soon as possible," he said.
He expressed disappointment over the mistrial, praised the "extraordinary sacrifices' of the jury and said one of the "good outcomes" of the trial was that two Cosby accusers "got to face the defendant in court."Steele said Andrea Constand, the woman who accused Cosby of drugging and assaulting her, would not be speaking to the media. He praised her courage.
We are just in awe of what she has done," Steele said. The decision to retry Cosby "lies in the fact that she's entitled to a verdict in this case." The judge said he would try to schedule a new trial within 1.
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· (CNN)Jurors in Bill Cosby's indecent assault trial deliberated late for a third day but still could not reach a verdict Wednesday. Prosecutors say the.
Dolores Troiani, Constand's attorney, said her client consoled other accusers who broke down when the mistrial was announced. You know, she is a rock," Troiani said of Constand. Everyone else was so upset and she's there saying, 'You know this was meant for a reason.' .. We did what we came here to do - - which was share what had happened to her and hopefully encourage other women to come forward. I think she accomplished that."Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents many of Cosby's accusers, said she hopes the court will allow other "prior bad act witnesses" to testify at the next trial."We can never underestimate the blinding power of celebrity, but justice will come," she said. Watch Highlander Download. Watch Duck Online Hoyts.
If the court allows more accusers to testify .. In other words, it's too early to celebrate Mr. Cosby. Round two may be just around the corner."Linda Kirkpatrick, one of the accusers who stood with Allred outside the courthouse, said of Cosby, "He thought he could bury us. He didn't know we were seeds. We are sprouting up. We are looking for reform, uncovering the rape culture in this country where victims are blamed and shamed." In a statement, Cosby accuser Beth Ferrier said, "The day has finally come that now the world can see firsthand why so many survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and rape wait to report."Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, said the jury's deadlock was not a surprise.
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When a jury deliberates that long and hard, it often does not convict," Tobias said."The fact that the case turned substantially on one person's testimony may have made it difficult to win and the defense counsel made many efforts to undercut her testimony. The retrial happens next, and the prosecution may try to call other accusers."The 1. The jury's continued questions signaled the possibility of a deadlock on any of the three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Cosby.
One of the questions from Friday was: "What is reasonable doubt?"Prosecutors say Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted Constand, the former director of operations for Temple University's women's basketball team, at his home near Philadelphia in January 2. Cosby pleaded not guilty to the charges. Thursday, jurors told the court theycould not come to a unanimous decision beyond a reasonable doubt, which is required in criminal cases.
O'Neill asked the jury to go back into deliberations for another attempt to reach a verdict, an instruction known in Pennsylvania as the Spencer Charge. It's a set of instructions that asks jurors to re- examine their own views and opinions. Defense attorneys repeatedly asked O'Neill to declare a mistrial based on the length of deliberations, but the judge denied their requests. A mistrial means Cosby was not found either guilty or not guilty. Still, the conclusion represents a major win for his defense team, which argued the case never should have reached court. The jury was made up of four white women, six white men, one black woman and one black man. They were bused to Norristown from Allegheny County near Pittsburgh and were sequestered in a hotel for the trial.
Cosby was accused of assaulting Constand without her consent, assaulting her when she was unconscious and assaulting her using drugs to impair her ability to consent. If convicted, he faced up to 1.
Prosecutors called 1. Constand, over a week of testimony but presented almost no forensic evidence. Cosby declined to testify in his own defense, and his attorneys called only one witness. Cosby's attorneys argued the sexual contact was consensual and worked to highlight inconsistencies in Constand's testimony on cross- examination. Legal experts said the trial fit the "he said, she said" arguments common in sexual offense cases. Though dozens of women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, only Constand's accusations led to criminal charges. One other accuser, Kelly Johnson, testified during the trial as prosecutors sought to establish that Cosby had a pattern of assault.
Johnson testified she was drugged and assaulted by Cosby in 1. Constand testified over two days last week for the prosecution. In clear and firm statements, she said Cosby, a powerful Temple alumnus, mentored her and took an interest in her career like a father figure. The comedian, 3. 7 years her elder, twice made what she called "suggestive" passes at her, but she rebuffed him, she said. But when speaking about her career plans one night at his home, the sweater- wearing actor known as "America's Dad" gave her three blue pills that he said were herbal and would help her relax, she testified."Put them down, they're your friends. They'll take the edge off," Cosby told her, she testified.
I said, 'I trust you.' I took the pills and I swallowed the pills down."She began slurring her words and felt dizzy, and told Cosby so, she said.
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