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Its been forever. So whether or not the victims feel that this was a just sentence is as important to us as reporting what the sentence the. Well stay on that. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. Nobody is above the law. Thats a pennsylvania judge said to bill cosby before sentencing him to at least three years and as many as ten years for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand. He will be forced to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. I want to get to the suburban philadelphia courthouse where the sentence was handed down. Ron allen is there for us. A lot going on, ron. We were just hearing sort of an impromptu press conference in the rain. Whats happening now . Well we were just talking to see if we can get an interview for you. Yes. Its a crazy scene out here. A lot of emotion. Its a driving rainstorm. It adds to the craziness of this moment. But its a joyful moment as well for a lot of the women who have accused bill cosby over the years. They have been
Felonies, the jury was hung on ten others. Manafort had been due for a second federal trial in the neighboring jurisdiction of washington d. C. On the eve of the second federal trial when manafort instead jumped. Tried this new course. He abandoned his not guilty plea and said he no longer wanted to go to trial. He started talking to prosecutors. Prosecutors agreed to drop all charges against him in d. C. Except for two felony conspiracy counts in exchange, they got not only his plead in guilty but got him to admit even to the admit that he was guilty even to the ten felony charges on which he had the hung jury in his First Federal trial in virginia and most importantly, he pledged to cooperate with prosecutors in the special counsels office. That was the deal manafort tried to make to save his own skin on the eve of what would have been his second federal trial. And that is what blew up. When prosecutors came back to the judge in d. C. To judge Amy Berman Jackson and told her, hey, ju
Manaforts fate this week and handing down his new sentence on wednesday, this is the judge who is going to be considering not the guilty pleas from a jury trial like that Virginia Judge was considering last week, no, this judge in d. C. Is considering something very different. Shes going to be considering the failed plea deal that Paul Manafort got hill selfinto whso cooperating witness to get himself a more lenient sentence. You remember how this went down, right . Manafort went on trial in virginia. He was convicted on eight felonies, the jury was hung on ten others. Manafort had been due for a second federal trial in the neighboring jurisdiction of washington d. C. On the eve of the second federal trial when manafort instead jumped. Tried this new course. He abandoned his not guilty plea and said he no longer wanted to go to trial. He started talking to prosecutors. Prosecutors agreed to drop all charges against him in d. C. Except for two felony conspiracy counts in exchange, they
Weeks sentencing on wednesday will be in addition to the sentencing Paul Manafort went through with the federal judge in virginia last week. So those headlines from a distance, they will look similar. Before we get to the sentencing on wednesday, it all sort of feels similar but this is going to be a pretty different process this week because this judge in d. C. Who is going to be considering manaforts fate this week and handing him down his new sentence on wednesday, this is the judge who is going to be considering not the guilty pleas from a jury trial like that Virginia Judge was considering last week, this judge in d. C. Is considering something very different. Shes going to be considering the failed plea deal that paul fan fo manafort got hill selfinto when he tried and failed to become a cooperating witness to get himself a more lenient sentence. You remember how this went down, right . Manafort went on trial in virginia. He was convicted on eight felonies, the jury was hung on t