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Bill Cosby shouldn’t have been granted immunity, Prosecutors appeal ruling

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Prosecutors in Pennsylvania asked the United States Supreme Court to review its decision to overturn Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction, arguing in a petition that the comic star was incorrectly shielded from prosecution.

According to Yahoo News, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office stated in a statement Monday that Cosby shouldn’t have been granted immunity because a media statement issued by a previous district attorney said sexual assault charges wouldn’t be filed.

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“Where a prosecutor publicly announces that he will not file criminal charges based on lack of evidence, does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment transform that announcement into a binding promise that no charges will ever be filed, a promise that the target may rely on as if it were a grant of immunity?” the statement asked.

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