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Cosby remained defiant, never acknowledged wrongdoing, passing up the opportunity for parole, refusing to participate in sex offender programs. today, the high court vacated his conviction, saying that he was a victim of a coercive bait and switch by prosecutors. abc s erielle reshef leads us off with the dramatic turn of evnts. reporter: tonight, bill cosby, a free man, back home, released from a pennsylvania prison just 12 days shy of his 84th birthday. moments ago, the comedian speaking to linsey by phone. and nobody had the sense to say, wait one second, this doesn t match up with the truth. this is not what i was taught in college, this is not what i was taught at home, et cetera, et cetera. reporter: his 2018 sexual assault conviction overturned today by the pennsylvania supreme court after an appeal. justices ruling he should not have been prosecuted because of a deal with former d.a. bruce ....