actually holding a press conference at some point. john: on the way to get them out of prison. let s bring in terrel leo, 58 accusers, one of which went to trial, rested 12 days before the statute of limitations ran out on that case, and now he is going to be a free man in minutes, what are you thinking about all of this? i will tell you right now, john, shannon, i cover the trial when it came out a couple of years ago. do i believe that bill cosby is a predator? yes, no question about it. do i believe that the legal system did them wrong? absolutely, emily talked about it before, one, the deal that he made with the district attorney, he had a deal, and you have a due process argument, and he relied upon that. and the subsequent d.a. ran a campaign on that he was charged, bill cosby. so it was a political motivation, secondly, and prior
sentence, your reaction, was it unexpected to you? completely shocked, because there was just so much evidence that the prosecution had, and especially because they have tried coming of the deadlock, and on the jury, when the judge had the second trial, they allowed the five individuals, the five alleged victims to come forward and talk about the sexual assault that they experienced. and it was based on that evidence that let the second jerry convict him. so i was pretty shocked, because as what leo said before, it is a very difficult evidentiary ruling that judges make on a pretty much daily consistent basis. can the brat act be brought into this proceeding? that was a essential turn of events. and we knew that the attorney went through the trial on the first proceeding when
but the legal system has to be blind to those issues and sometimes the crimes do not or are not basically resolved in the criminal system. there are potholes in the criminal system. still the best one on the planet. shannon: with you on that, leo, thank you for the quick analysis and grateful company knowing that you cover the case as well for joining us now, fox news legal analyst mercedes colwin. we talk about the fact that this went to two places relying on formal prosecutor s assurances that the agreements would not be prosecuted, but also the issue of throwing out the additional accusers coming forward too far in distance and time from the other case, so i think about this now and looking ahead, what about the civil possibilities for bill cosby? because these are criminal charges, but as leo just talked about, this is a wealthy man, do you expect that the accusers