@CuriousaboutSamphire
Or... It's both.
Some people are out to settle their own scores.
Others to ensure that the letter of the law is protected.
The DA fucked up.
That doesn't mean Cosby is not guilty as charged. His own words condemned him.
His money protected him, and continues to do so.
That his conviction has had to be overturned doesn't change any of that.
Blame the DA for his actions
Blame Cosby for his
Yes, absolutely, it's often the case that there are different kinds of responsibility when something happens like this. Cosby would be guilty of whatever he is guilty of whether it ever came to trial or even if it ever was public knowledge.
At the time I think offering him immunity probably looked like the best way forward. It was foolish to later try and ignore that, and now they are back to square one. Maybe they could't have made the case without the earlier testimony, but it wasn't an impossibility. Choices that undermine the system are always likely to come back to haunt you one way or another.
But I don't really like the tendency to use this sort of thing as an agenda, wither to undermine the validity of cases like this, or to suggest that it was done to let Cosby off. There is some truth to the idea that people with a lot of money are more able to pursue these things, while those without aren't, even if they are in the right. But that's not the real problem in this instance.