Earlier this week, a leaked draft showed the Supreme Court’s majority decision to overturn the right to abortion in the U.S. Shannon Brewer, who serves as the director of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, told NBC News that she is preparing to move to New Mexico in case this actually happens. “Our plans are to open […]
MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A Black man in Louisiana is free after spending 44 years in prison for an attempted rape he says he didn’t commit. Avoyelles Parish Judge William Bennett on Tuesday overturned Vincent Simmons’ conviction Tuesday, finding that Simmons did not get a fair trial because jurors never heard some evidence in his […]
The district attorney who previously prosecuted Cosby, Kevin Steele, acknowledged Andrea Constand, one of the first survivors to publicly accuse Cosby, and said he hopes the court’s decision will not negatively impact sexual assault reporting in the future. “I want to commend Cosby’s victim Andrea Constand for her bravery in coming forward and remaining steadfast […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 83, flashed the […]
Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned the sexual assault conviction for Bill Cosby, who has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. In the ruling on Wednesday, the 7-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Cosby had been denied a fair trial in 2018. The 83-year-old actor was […]