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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 109 articles Why was Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction overturned? |  | |
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Bill Cosby freed after top court overturns sexual assault conviction.
BBC (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 79% • 4 min read
In a verdict issued on Wednesday, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court found there was a "process violation" because Mr. Cosby's lawyers had made an agreement with a previous state prosecutor that he would not be charged in the case. Dozens of women have publicly accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault, but he was only tried criminally for [drugging and molesting ex-basketball player Andrea Constand].
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Local authorities knew that statute of limitation rules meant they could not pursue the majority of these accusations - but they reopened the case involving Ms. Constand and eventually charged him just days before the 12-year limit on her allegations was set to expire.
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The testimony of other accusers was then allowed during a second trial, which helped prosecutors paint a pattern of predatory behavior by Mr. Cosby. In Wednesday's ruling, the Supreme Court judges also found that testimony from accusers unrelated to the case had tainted the trial. [The court] admitted their ruling was unusual.
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Why was Bill Cosby released from prison? A legal expert explains.
Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 75% • 4 min read - Top long-read
The absurd legal saga that freed Bill Cosby—and could enable abusers.
Daily Beast (Left) • Factual Grade 79% • 5 min read
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| | YESTERDAY'S POLL Should Olympic athletes be allowed to make a political statement during the games? 503 votes, 100 comments Context: Olympic athlete Gwen Berry turns away from US flag during anthem. HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTS " No - Americans should have the right to peacefully protest injustice. Gwen Berry's actions at the domestic qualifying event fall within that category. However, as Arthur Vandenberg famously asserted, "politics ends at the water's edge." To protest in this way on foreign soil while representing the United States of America is unacceptable. If she insists on doing it, the unfortunate, but correct action is to not allow her to compete under the flag of the USA." " Yes - Most definitely. If we Americans are cheering on athletes who protest authoritarian regimes such as Russia, we should be ready to ..." " Unsure - I supported NFL players kneeling for the anthem as a fork of peaceful protest. I also supported the ..." | | | #2 in U.S. News • 57 articles Why does Fox News host Tucker Carlson allege the NSA is spying on him? | 
Press advocates had already responded skeptically to the conservative pundit's claims on his Monday night program, when Carlson said he heard from "a whistleblower within...
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| | #3 in U.S. News • 58 articles Why are private donors funding a national guard deployment at the border? |
South Dakota's Republican governor, Kristi Noem, is deploying up to 50 national guard troops to the southern US border, responding to a...
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| | #1 in World News • 12 articles How did China eradicate malaria? |
China is the first country in the W.H.O. Western Pacific region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more than three decades. The only other countries in the region...
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| | #1 in Culture News • 41 articles How is former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld being remembered? |
Donald Rumsfeld, who died Wednesday at 88, served as secretary of defense twice: first in 1975 under President Ford and again during the George W. Bush administratio...
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