The decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to overturn the sexual assault conviction of actor Bill Cosby on Wednesday stunned many. The court said that Cosby s due process rights were violated when he was charged in 2015 for a 2004 assault. Neama Rahmani, a trial attorney in Los Angeles and a former federal prosecutor, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.
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Judy Woodruff:
The decision by the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court to overturn the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby stunned many today.
The court said that Cosby s due process rights were violated when he was charged in 2015 for a 2004 assault. During an earlier civil trial involving Cosby and one of his accusers, a prosecutor had said that any statements Cosby made in that trial could not be used against him in a later criminal case. But they were.
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25 Jun 2021
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will sign legislation into law that will expand access to vocational training and apprenticeships for Floridians.
House Bill 1507 will give $25 million to state colleges for workforce funding and $10 million for apprenticeship grants.
DeSantis is tapping into a growing trend in the United States of college-free career paths in the wake of staggering student loan debt Americans owe more than $1.71 trillion in student loan debt, spread out among about 44.7 million borrowers, according Lending Tree’s Student Loan Hero website.
“These students are drowning in debt,” DeSantis said at a press conference on Thursday announcing the law at Hillsborough Community College. “But we see kids getting hired out of high school. They do vocational education, don’t go into debt, and they make pretty darn good money.”
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