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Actually holding a press conference at some point. >> john: on the way to get them out of prison. lets bring in terrel leo, 58 accusers, one of which went to trial, rested 12 days before the statute of limitations ran out on that case, and now he is going to be a free man in minutes, what are you thinking about all of this? >> i will tell you right now, john, shannon, i cover the trial when it came out a couple of years ago. do i believe that bill cosby is a predator? yes, no question about it. ...

Later, right before the statute of limitations expires, they decided to do this about that agreement and prosecute them, and that again brings us back to the issue of due process even though it was in a formal written agreement and may have been those rules, it was an agreement. >> john: in the majority opinion, the justice wrote that trying him for a third time will put them right back where he was in the first trial with his agreement not to prosecute, would not be an appropriate remedy. it do...

A freeman, the pennsylvania supreme court says that he cannot be tried again in this case. what did you think when you heard that? >> honestly, its of course devastating. it doesnt make him innocent. so this is something i had a conversation with my husband for the past six months that there is a possibility that he could get off on a technicality, which weve seen this in the past before. a technicality doesnt make you innocent. it just means that something went wrong in the system. and this is ...

Women say they were, you dont remember what happened for several years. it comes -- it pixelates back. so the idea that there was a seven-year statute of limitations, the women said thats not fair, were just figuring out what happened to us. >> right. >> so as youve pointed out, this was kind of a landmark decision. >> it was in the me too movement. it was courageous of these women. honestly -- listen, ive never been in that position myself, i cant imagine the emotions that theyre feeling right ...

This individual. if theres other bases to charge him for other potential sexual assaults, that could be in play, but the court says you cannot retry him for this particular victim. >> we know that the statute of limitations has passed for many of these victims, that was the whole point. >> yeah. >> that was why they were just waiting with bated breath for him to get some sort of justice. so the likelihood theres any justice from here -- >> when you see the number of women on the "new york" magaz...

Other victims, all the other people that have gone forward and decide whether theres a different case relating to a different victim that is still within the statute of limitations. as you said, a lot of this happened in the 70s, 80s, 90s, that they can charge against bill cosby. >> laura, we are just getting in a new statement from the district attorney. i want to read it now for the first time for everyone. this is from kevin steele. he had previously prosecuted bill cosby. he says the majorit...

Are going to make any agreement, youve got to live with it, and if youve got to live with it, and if you think it is going to be a problem, do not enter into the agreement. dont prosecuted case you do not think you can win at trial, do not think you can win at trial, do not think you can win at trial, do not count on the fact that in all likelihood the case whenever be taken to trial. if you make a promise, youve got to keep it. professor, for those in our audience who do not follow the american...

Saw it as a pattern. they alleged that bill cosby groomed them in their words, and made them promises to help their careers, and many of the women were models or actresses to help them make it, and he was at the top of it in hollywood, and he was dr. huxstable, and so then that would turn and become predatory behavior and assault in some cases, and even rape in some cases, and so they felt that when they found these common threads, even though the statue of limitations were limited on their case...

Person who funded it and benefited from it is right now getting off scott free so far. he can still be charged. he should be charged. its still within the statute of limitations. the public is losing confidence in the criminal justice system. the ring leader of a conspiracy like that, that was a serious conspiracy. it could have affected the 2016 election and all the nagt mare that followed that election with donald trump, incompetent that he is as our president, and so this was a very serious c...

Specifically what the judge addressed and with this majority opinion stated when they said, look, we know that there is a public interest and prosecution, but that is outweighed by our commitment to peoples constitutional rights to continue to uphold that essentially, and i have to go back if i made to a conversation you guys were having earlier where you asked about the civil statute of limitations and i just have to tell viewers that in pennsylvania it is two years, each state is different. in...