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Cosby Conviction Overturned! Attorney says, “We Are on Our Way Now to the Prison to Pick Him Up”
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Cosby Conviction Overturned! Attorney says, “We Are on Our Way Now to the Prison to Pick Him Up”

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentJuly 1, 2021

The state Supreme Court ruled that Cosby’s deal with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have been honored. In a phone call with Cosby attorney Jennifer Bonjean, she states, “I am thrilled! I haven’t made my way through the entire opinion yet, but it seems that the court agrees with what we knew all along, that Mr. Cosby never should have been prosecuted in the first place. If a prosecutor’s word is not his bond, then we as a society — and the entire criminal justice system — is in trouble.”

Experts Say It’s Rare that a ‘Jury of your Peers’ Applies to African Americans
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Experts Say It’s Rare that a ‘Jury of your Peers’ Applies to African Americans

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 3, 2021

“When a juror is unable to relate to a person accused of a crime, the defendant is more likely to face stiffer penalties, up to and including life in prison,” said Charlotte, N.C.-based Attorney Darlene Harris, who after trying a recent murder trial, spoke to a White male juror who shared that a lot of the jurors could not understand the African American defendant.