Bill Cosby freed from jail after US court quashes sex crimes conviction

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The 83-year-old has served more than two of a three-to-ten-year sentence for assault. FMTNews BillCosby

Cosby reacts outside his home in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania after being released from prison yesterday.

“Cosby’s convictions and judgment of sentence are vacated, and he is discharged,” the Pennsylvania Supreme Court wrote in a 79-page ruling. An earlier prosecution ended in a mistrial in June 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

 

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