Constand, the accuser in this case. Reporter so tom maze roe, you tried and failed. The personal attacks did not work. Bill cosby, three words for you, guilty, guilty, guilty tom mesereau, the high Profile Defense attorney bill cosby brought in for this retrial after he was found guilty. There was some discussion of whether whether or not there should be bonds cosby stood up and yelled at the prosecutor saying you asshole. Heres more of what his attorney had to say just moments ago. We are very disappointed by the verdict. We dont think mr. Cosbys guilty of anything and the fight is not over. Thank you. Are you going to appeal, sir . Yes, yes. Yes, very strongly. Is mr. Cosby prepared to go to prison . No comment from bill cosbys
Sexual Assault and harassment has changed a lot since the first trial. How much that impacted the jury in their deliberations, i dont know, theyre human beings. I know they were ad monished not to allow what was going on in the culture and socially to interfer
different stories, whether it is an accuser of bill cosby, of harvey weinstein, this is a this is a remarkable day in terms of that conversation? yeah, this is huge. i don t think we can underestimate erica, how significant this is for women. i ve been a civil rights lawyer for two decades. i ve watched what has happened in this country around sexual assault how this movement has evolved and to see someone like bill cosby convicted is monumental. we have to remember that the prosecutors in this case, the original district attorney refused to file charges and there was a lot of back and forth between the prosecutors about whether there was substantial evidence, whether constand was a credible witness and we saw cosby s new defense lawyer, his new defense team go after andrea constand and the five other women really hard, really challenge their credibility, and despite that, the jurors still found that
at 10:00 a.m. eastern. it was the attack that terrorized boston. a court now has ruled the marathon bombing trial can indeed stay in that city. a federal appeals court denied a petition to change the venue for the trial of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. that means jury selection proceeds as scheduled as this week. we ll bring in cnn legal analyst mel robins to talk about this. mel, god tood to see you. where does the defense team go from here do they have the option to file another appeal or is this it? christie great to be on with you. the defense, he has the best defense on the planet. these are the number one death penalty lawyers, literally, in america. so you re going to see them basically take appeals wherever they possibly can. this wasn t the first time they tried to get the trial moved. this was the third time.