Bill Cosby in prison in 2018, has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the disgraced comedian’s conviction.
Cosby was released from prison on June 30 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that Cosby’s non-prosecution agreement with former prosecutor Bruce Castor in 2005 should have prevented him from being charged again.In the petition to the U.S.
Supreme Court, Steele’s office called the Pennsylvania court’s ruling “a dangerous precedent.”“A prosecution announcement not to file charges should not trigger due process protections against future criminal proceedings because circumstances could change, including new incriminating statements by the accused,” the prosecutor’s office argued.
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