Bill Cosby Jury Deadlocked, Because 12 People Can’t Actually Agree On What Rape Is
We can't get 12 people to agree on consent, which is why we fail.
By
ELIE MYSTAL
Jun 15, 2017
What’s amazing about the Bill Cosby trial is that it’s not
really a “he said, she said” situation. Obviously, the victim says that she was assaulted and Cosby says that it was consensual, but the facts aren’t really in dispute. Think about it this way:
- Andrea Constand came over to Bill Cosby’s house. Undisputed.
- Andrea Constand did not say “Bill Cosby, I’d like to have sex with you now.” Undisputed.
- Bill Cosby gave Andrea Constand drugs, and didn’t tell her what they were. Undisputed.
- Bill Cosby put his hand down her pants. Undisputed.
He and she both don’t dispute that this happened. And yet, a jury of 12 people
told a judge this afternoon that after nearly a week of deliberations, they couldn’t unanimously agree about whether these facts constitute sexual assault. The judge ordered them to keep arguing, but I somehow doubt the outcome is likely to change. That’s because we live in a country where you can’t grab 12 people off the street and have them agree that giving a woman drugs, not telling her their effects, and then putting your hands down her pants without express consent is “assault.”
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