America's (bad) Dad Did Bill Cosby get justice? No, it was his misfortune to go to trial at the height of the MeToo movement No, in America's current social-justice atmosphere, he was a proxy for Harvey Weinstein No, it's impossible to adequately defend yourself against decades-old allegations when you're 80 years old No, years of salacious pre-trial publicity tainted the jury No, if he was white like Bill Clinton the jury would have found him not guilty No, if the charges were true his wife would have left him years ago Yes, the number of victims made an overwhelming case for his guilt Yes, he had two trials to convince juries of his innocence and, unlike his victims, no one drugged him or rendered him defenseless during the process Yes, he could afford the best lawyers, and a jury of his peers weighed the evidence Yes, and so did his victims who've been living with the trauma Yes, as Robert Louis Stevenson said, Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences Other View Results Loading ...