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Prosecutorial decided not to charge cosby in 2005, that should have prevented cosby from being charged by a successor d.a. in 2015. so that's why they overturned the conviction, bill cosby was released from prison and now the supreme court will not hear this case, so the overturning of that conviction, erica, will stand here. cosby will continue to be released from prison here. erica? >> a significant development. jessica schneider with the latest for us. thank you. we continue to follow our breaking news out of ukrainian. no power, no water, and still the city of mariupol is being bombarded...

Working to change laws and protect you and you have done some of that already. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you very much, poppy. appreciate it. >> of course. "outfront" now areva martin. good to have you. your legal perspective on this ruling from the pennsylvania supreme court. >> first, poppy, i was shocked like so many people expressed throughout this day with the ruling particularly since a prior appeal by bill cosby and his team was denied. at the heart of this court's opinion is this agreement that former d.a. made with the cosby team apparently, agreeing to not prosecute...

Heralded today's decision. we did not hear, however, from bill cosby himself. >> reporter: right. and that's what everyone was expecting. he came out with his attorneys, was joined by them. jake, we were expecting to hear something after being in prison for nearly three years. but cosby said nothing. he left all the talking to his attorneys who said legally they felt the rug had been pulled out from cosby, but now that is all over. cosby is home with his family. walking free, bill cosby leaving prison after pennsylvania's highest court vacated his conviction. >> he just said his heart was raci...

His due process right writing the subsequent decision by successor d.a. to prosecute cosby violate the the rights and he must be discharged and any future prosecution on these particular charges must be barred. according to the court, cosby was originally promised immunity in exchange for testimony in a civil case a decade later, a different prosecutor used that testimony against him in his criminal trial. >> we said from day one, we just didn't think he was treated fairly and the system has to be fair, and fortunately, the supreme court agreed with us. >> in 2018, cosby was sentenced to three...

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