I agree that these trials are sad. I feel sad for the accusers that their hearts are full of hate and sad for the accused that in a case like this he and his wife may have provided huge benefits to society while he still wronged someone.
I am glad I don’t live in PA because I would not want my tax dollars paying room and board for someone his age and hope that the judge can come up with someway for his punishment and wealth to benefit society for how many longer years he has left if the Cosby’s decide not to appeal. I will say alittle prayer tonight that everyone involved can find forgiveness since none of them are young anymore and life on earth is short.
" I feel sad for the accusers that their hearts are full of hate"
“everyone involved can find forgiveness since none of them are young anymore and life on earth is short”
I feel sad that you don’t have sympathy and understanding for how the victims feel and how their lives have been affected. My guess is you don’t personally know someone who has been a victim of rape/sexual assault and the lifelong trauma that can create. It’s real, even years later.
I think he should spend his remaining years in jail. Anything else isn’t enough for what he’s done to so many women. For the sense of entitlement he still has.
I don’t care if he goes to jail or not — he’s lost the two things he most prized; his power, and his reputation. He will go to his grave with this. His obituaries will be “once famous, but…”.
SI ran a story today about the mess at the Carolina Panthers. Same sort of old boy network that would not protect women, and paid them to be quiet. Perhaps as women learn to band together, we will hear more stories and the small group of men who perpetrate these crimes will also be prosecuted.
@momofthreeboys : You have to seek forgiveness before you get it. I see no indication that Cosby will do so.
And, seriously, you “hope that the judge can come up with someway for his punishment and wealth to benefit society for how many longer years he has left if the Cosby’s decide not to appeal.” Really? NO. You do not get to buy your way out of a prison sentence.
i don’t know…i feel sad about the whole thing…Cosby has lost two children…not sure if you guys remember the details but his son was 27 and working on his PhD at Columbia in education…he had gone to visit friends in LA and his car got a flat tire and he stopped to change it and was shot by a robber…ugh. And then his daughter died last year with kidney problems…plus he’s 80…and nearly blind.
I haven’t closely followed this trial (honestly, not at all) but if the jury found him guilty, it was surely for more than just cause. But I don’t know if jail time is called for here…again, I get it that a 25-year-old with no money and the same crimes would be in jail for years…i’m just saying. I don’t know…it’s sad.
No his obituary will talk about the tens of millions that has been donated to education and healthcare. The fallout is more than a need to vilify a person and that is also unfortunate and alittle sad for the individuals who benefited and who might have benefited. No one “wins” these things in reality.
Generally, it’s always very sad when people are sexually assaulted and raped. Many have their lives derailed and may need to be in therapy for a very long time.
I have difficulty feeling sorry for people who abused their power, even if they’ve had sad things happen to them, especially when they show little or no remorse for their many, many victims.
I don’t see why one should be given leniency because they’ve escaped justice for so long. I’m only sorry those women didn’t get justice and vindication until now.
“house arrest” is just another word for bail with an electronic monitor so he can’t go off wandering around – or skip to a country with no extradition treaty in that airplane he doesn’t own.
“I didn’t at all get that impression about Momofthreeboys’ comment. Saw no lack of empathy.”
"No his obituary will talk about the tens of millions that has been donated to education and healthcare. The fallout is more than a need to vilify a person and that is also unfortunate and alittle sad for the individuals who benefited and who might have benefited. "
You still voting for no lack of empathy? The victims seem to be the ones getting criticized here.
Just maybe, a long jail sentence will send a message to sexual predators everywhere that we as a society have zero tolerance for such behavior and you will be prosecuted for your heinous behavior…I have no sympathy for Cosby, Weinstein, and DeAngelo (the Golden State rapist/murderer just caught) of the world. I can’t help thinking what if it was my D who was preyed upon…
Yes, the reason for punishment by society is two-fold, both to punish the guilty and as a deterrent to others sending messages about what is and is not acceptable and what we value as a community.
"It is immaterial that defendant cannot serve his sentence during his lifetime. In practical effect, he is in no different position than a defendant who has received a sentence of life without possibility of parole: he will be in prison all his life. However, imposition of a sentence of life without possibility of parole in an appropriate case does not constitute cruel or unusual punishment under either our state Constitution [citation] or the federal Constitution. [Citation.] [¶] … In our view, a sentence such as the one imposed in this case serves valid penological purposes: it unmistakably reflects society’s condemnation of defendant’s conduct and it provides a strong psychological deterrent to those who would consider engaging in that sort of conduct in the future.” (People v. Byrd (2001) 89 Cal.App.4th 1373, 1383.)