Hey there. Welcome back to this episode of The Emily Show. This is unexpected. Like I am

surprised, but after reading the Supreme Court opinion in the Bill Cosby case, I understand

why the Court overturned his criminal conviction, barred a future prosecution, and released him from

jail. Like all of that shit just happened really quick on June 30th. Like it was it was a stunning day

and I am still a bit surprised, but I break down this ruling because I think it's important to

understand the boundaries of criminal prosecution. Hopefully it's helpful coming from the perspective

of a prosecutor. The court did not touch on prosecutor misconduct. I don't think that's the case

here. I think that this is genuinely different prosecutors seeing things differently and the

Supreme Court saying what you can't do. Just to be clear, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,

but what you can't do is not have one prosecutorial office bound by the promises

of an elected DA, even when things change. And that's really the heart of this decision

by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Hey there. Welcome to The Emily Show. I'm your host, Emily

Debaker, badass lawyer, and everyone's favorite legal commentator breaking down the legal

shit in the news and pop culture stories you want to talk about. I've been a licensed attorney

for over 15 years. I'm a former prosecutor and I'm a big fan of the Chrissy words. So let's break it down.

Before we get all the way into it, we have been starting quite often on The Emily Show with a quote.

And I think it's appropriate to use a build clause to be quote because we're talking about him

in this episode. This quote is, I think appropriate with regards to this case.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

And I think that with regards to this ruling, the court made the legally correct decision,

even though the result is undesirable. We know the evidence in this case and I'm not going to

get into it deeply, but I will link for you in the show notes of this episode. The court's opinion

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