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a 3 to 10 year sentence. the american octo was once known as americans died after starring in the 1980s head series. the cosby show, i show you some live pictures from the prison in pennsylvania. what cosby is being held, he's expected to be released in the coming hours. she returns, he joins us now live from washington and use our she tell us, 1st. on what grounds did the court in pennsylvania decide to overturn bill crosby's conviction? the maiden grounds all the bill. cosby did not receive a fair trial in the opinion of the supreme court of pennsylvania. now that i've had a chance to reach the judgment, it seems pretty clear that some of the initial reports you are getting from days or at least a claim to read. the judgement was entirely correct or accurate. but what they did get right is, is it cause b is being freed because in the view of the office of record, he did not get

a trial. the due process was not followed. and now let me explain. in 2005 cosby was initially led to have to have drugged and sexually assaulted a woman at his house. the prosecutor at the time decided not to pursue criminal charges. instead, he says he made a bill. and this is because we sort of deal with struck so that a civil court case could be pursued and in and in return cosby would not be criminally prosecuted. and also in return, as part of that civil case cosby would sit for several depositions in which he would waive his 5th amendment right on the us constitution to his rights to against self incrimination. so these are very candid depositions under oath, in which cosby did discuss using drugs to, to,

to get to drug women and so on. these are very incriminating deposition, right. but the deal was, according to the, to the prosecutor at the time and the bill cosby lives. it will in return for these candid depositions, you will not be criminally charged. however, none of this is put in writing. there's no kind of official official deal under pensylvania law as far as anyone can find. 10 years later, those depositions were unsealed and the, the subsequent prosecutors saw these month wait a 2nd because we think truly incriminating himself in these depositions. we should file new charges before the statute of limitations expires. so that's what they did . but the supreme court is saying you should not have done that because that deal had been struck beforehand that deal from the initial prosecutor manage the bill, cause we admitted to doing all sorts of terrible things. he would not have done that without that deal. you cannot now go back on that deal. all right, we are not going to currently prosecute you. so that's kind of the gist of it.

there are also, i think there was a lot of focus initially when this came out publicly. it was easily booked more bullet points and in the actual, in the, in the, in the judgements about the, the extra testimony that was introduced from other women in order to show a pattern of abusive behavior. that all becomes moot. because as far as the supreme court judges a concert, he shouldn't have prosecuted in the 1st place because that deal had been struck. so that's why the due process was not followed once a prosecutor offers a deal to an accused person that deal has to be has to be kept interesting. all this, this conviction, of course, she have was seen as a major moment in the me to movement. what have been the reactions in the us or actually legal reaction beginning to come out? now, as you might imagine, i've just seen an interview with one of the, the pennsylvania da, the current prosecutor is saying that there is no deal. where is this deal?

that was, was, was, was made between the original prosecutor and cosby. shouldn't legal procedures have been involved if there was a car deal, which meant that bill cosby could never be prosecuted? that they see no sign of this? there was a press release here. there's maybe some verbal, some verbal agreement, but what, what good is that in law? so that's kind of argument that we hearing from the prosecutors understand. they're saying that we didn't do anything wrong. we follow the law. but the point is, then that may be the case that consent to the point is because of the original prosecutor made to deal with bill cosby and bill cosby was under the impression that he had the deal. the suggestion is from the supreme court. well then you have to keep the deal because prosecutors can probably people anything that and, and then they can be react upon. so that's the legal part of a debate that's now beginning under way. and then, as you said, bill cosby, a prosecution, a successful prosecution bill cosby was seen as a major moment in, in the me to movement that was finally felt trying to hold powerful men

to account. and obviously as a result of this, of this judgment, once again, there are, there is a sense that we're seeing already at least and social media and elsewhere that once again, a powerful man who clearly have incriminated himself the wrong doing is once again go to walk free, she, i'm thank you for that. she ever tansy life for us there in washington smith discuss this further now with claire finkelstein, who's faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law, the university of pennsylvania. and she's joining us via skype from philadelphia. thank you very much for being with us. a bit complicated for, for some of us who are not, you know, into these legal matters and help us understand oldest claire, if you can this decision by the high court in pennsylvania today saying that because we didn't get a fair trial was this because of a technicality or more of a more risk extensive issue. you can see it as a technicality, but in some sense it also goes to

a very substantive issue in our criminal justice system, which is the issue of immunity in order to get witnesses to cooperate. very often a prosecutor will or someone taking a deposition in the civil case will grant immunity to a will and will say that if you agree to testify, we will not prosecute. and that is what cause b believe happened in his case. he has argued that he had an immunity because of a deposition that he thought for a whole case. and the trial court had rejected that claim. it had gone all the way up and justice whacked here. and this opinion disagree. in fact, you did have immunity. now, you know, it's a, it's a technical legal issue, but at the same time, it's very important to recognize the role of grants of immunity place in our

system. right? in order to add people to cooperate, it's something that we see in other cases that played a big role in cases involving the insurrection as a could a rule, any prosecution of donald trump. and so we have to be aware of the role that plays in the likely view of justice. well, that however important justice is in the case of bill coffee or larger issues at stake having to do with the functioning of the pennsylvania criminal justice system . right. as we've been saying without corresponding there, this was of course, a major moment in the me to movement. the conviction of bill cost be. this was huge . how do you see this decision by the pennsylvania high court, affecting other cases? could this be a blueprint for defense attorneys who are litigating similar cases?

i don't think it should be seen as that, though i have no doubt it will be felt to be a defeat for the me to movement. but a really, it shouldn't be. because this has to do with an issue that has nothing to do with the question of sexual assault and whether or not sexual assault and in general be prosecuted. this is not really a set back for justice for women or victims in general of sexual assault because it does not say that bill cosby does not commit sexual assault is simply that he was given a grant of immunity and that have to be respected. so in that sense, it turns on a question that has nothing to do with the law sexual assault and everything to do with our justice system again matters. that may be very important in our justice

system and another area of earnest, but not one having to do with sexual assault and justice for victims of sexual assault. it is a shame that these issues have collided right in this case. and it may well be a matter of pennsylvania legislature want to take up looking at clarifying the area of, of immunity and what kind of deals can be struck. there have been passed cases that really left this area of law unclear, for example, whether or not a, a police officer can give a grant of immunity. pennsylvania court said no, a police officer can not promise immunity that would then by the prosecutor. but apparently when taking a civil deposition, a lawyer taking a civil deposition could in this case, so it helps to find the law in pennsylvania. but it's something that the legislature might want to might want to pick up in the future. very interesting,

just talk to you about this. thank you so much for your hi claire. thinking shy from the university of pennsylvania, joining us there on bill cosby case and the conviction being overturned on the american act. jim, let's turn our attention to the world news now. and record smashing heat wave has been hitting western canada and the northern, the united states killing dozens of people and fueling concerns about wildfires in california is death valley visitors braves temperature is that sort about 50 degrees celsius breast and joe biden has been climate change for the crisis and he's been meeting leaders of western face to discuss ways to minimize his asters, including forest fires. the high temperatures have been linked to dozens of deaths in western canada. most of them elderly people, canada has recorded its highest have a temperature of nearly 50 degrees celsius un, whether experts say very high temperatures are concentrated over one large area, creating a pressure cooker effect. and this would usually be pushed away by the fast moving

winds of the just stream. but it is been happening this time that spring in kimberly health care. our white house correspondent tell us more about that meeting between president biden and the leaders of these western states. what sort of respond saw the preparing there, preparing to make what was once a seasonal means of combating western wildfires into a full time job. not only are they going to have firefighters to fight these blazes that seem to be increasing starting sooner and lasting longer, but they're also way to pay the more to make sure that they can fill the roles. so this is a real challenge for the buy and administration, given the fact that they have promised to fight climate change and they're experiencing the effects and having to really coordinate a federal response in order to try and combat which is a problem. it is affecting not just forest fires, but also pavement as we've seen,

wires melting, we've seen rolling blackouts, and it's expected to only get worse as these temperatures are rising at a much sooner than expected pace. president biden, kimberly made climate change. a central part of his election campaign, but not everyone seems to be on board even within his own democratic party. yeah, he's trying to please 2 different opposing factions. republicans who say look at, we can't afford to invest in the bold, green, clean energy, climate change fighting infrastructure that you're talking about right now. because we're trying to recover from co 19 and we're trying to get people back to work in the economy still sputtering. now it's not the time. the other hand, he has democrats, the further left to are saying that this is not only the tie, but the time was, you know, 20 years ago. we're running out of time and you need to be doing more. and so he's

trying to balance his to competing sort of ideals. and what he's found in the middle is that he's really pleasing no one because his $1.00 trillion dollar infrastructure plan to bring people back to work. well, members of his own democratic party or say, well he didn't go far enough. you don't have enough clean electric vehicle charging stations in there. you just don't have enough of what you promised. on the campaign trail, we elected you and we expect you to deliver. now is the time you have to remember, joe biden, controls the white house, his party controls the house of representatives, and congress, and the upper chamber, the senate in congress. they feel this is the opportunity to push forward. and it's significant, meaningful way. they say that his critics at least say that show by the interested in doing that. kimberly thank you for that. kimberly how catch you found white house correspondent have a heat wave on canada's west coast. his country's more severe on record. it has ease, but temperatures are expected to remain high fenton mon and has more than that.

even in summer, canada isn't used to this kind of heat. people are doing whatever they can to stay cool. some flop the beaches. others are stocking up on bottled water. in british columbia, less than 40 percent of homes, of air conditioning, and demand for new units has skyrocketed. many in the region have never experienced anything like it. we do get heat from time to time every summer. summer's have been getting hotter. but you know, it's never this body, we've never experienced anything in forties and vancouver, dozens of people have died suddenly in the past few days. deaths that are being blamed on the heat wave of the schools, universities, and vaccination centers across the region are closed. the scorching temperatures are being linked to a so called heat were high pressure zones trap. the heat we're seeing happening with the atmosphere is very unusual pattern where there's been intense, high pressure cut off from the global circulation pattern. high pressure lead to

sinking air and thinking air warms up. we have this feature that's been cut off from the the circulation for a few days. that's the recipe for the dangerously high temperatures. regional leaders are going connection between the unprecedented temperatures and the threat of climate change. in this instance, i think the, the big lesson coming out of the past number of days is that the climate crisis is not a fiction. that is absolutely real. and if you look, i had a briefing from the wildfire service yesterday and again today the entire west coast of north america from baja to alaska is red, hot and awaiting what could be another catastrophic fire season. just ahead of us as lightning starts to come into the equations authorities in canada and the u. s. are urging people to stay indoors, drink water, and check in on vulnerable friends and relative. the heat is expected to continue throughout the week, and more records could be broken in the coming days. bins and monahan al jazeera

20 more head on this news hour, including fighting for their rights brazil. the indigenous course wait to hear on whether land reserves for them will be opened up for commercial use. and we look at the impact of conflict in northern mozambique and its effect on children and their families. and in fort find out about a room change at the tokyo olympics, which will come as a relief for some female ah, for a c t o p and rebel rebel fighters in the northern gray region. say the government's claim, it withdrew its troops. is a lie that take great people liberation front phase. ethiopia, as military was forced out of mackenzie by its own fighters. it was celebrations in the streets after the t p l. f announced on tuesday that he had

a 100 percent control of the city. if your government claims it's true can return to the city at any time. catherine philly has more from nairobi. prime minister i'll be amid spoke to report as ali and ready to rated the government position on reasons why they feel can military has withdrawn from the capital of t guy, machaela and other areas as well. he said that this was because of strategic purposes. he said that the soldiers had more priorities to deal with that they have to deal with external threats. he did not say what this threat was or which this external forces was, but he did say that the grand defense forces, the p d f, who have been on the offensive in the last few days. not anymore. not anymore priority to the government. he said, despite, as i'm going to be contained within dry and the military can very easily retake the

capital macalester within 3 weeks. if need be. here's what he had to say. you know, a lot of people were shocked on monday when we started withdrawing from kelly. i'm sure you were also when we entered mckelly, but 7 or 8 months ago, it was because it was the center of gravity for the conflict. it was the center of a government center for known and under resources. by the time we exit, there is nothing special about it except that there are some $80000.00 people. and those people who lose it is lost the center of gravity in the current context. the spokesman offer to grey and defend forces has responded to the prime minister statements saying that all that had been said is a lie. he said that that he was actually forced out of michaela by to grand fighters. he also rejected claims by the government of the field that every trend

tubes have withdrawn from the region saying that indeed they have not withdrawn, but instead they are regrouping in the north of that region. he also says that 2 grand force is also in the process of regrouping and strategizing, so they can continue without offensive in particularly the north to brazil. now where the supreme court is you to rule on a case that could determine future claims by indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands. leaders from 14 digits, scopes of camps, near the court house in the capital, celia awaiting the decision. the shocking people are trying to retain territory in the southern state of tampa. katerina, the ruling could affect the outcome of hundreds of similar cases when k and i, kids is joining us from outside the court in brasilia. give us the background to this case, monica, and tell us about what's, what's been happening outside the quarter. the, well,

we have to sort of and i was trying to reclaim territory, which has already been plain to by indigenous people. and what's happening is if the supreme court move in favor of the state of that body, and then this would set a precedent jurisprudence for all these other cases. what does, what do the landowners and miners? and farmers say they say it should be a limit. there should be a time limit for when indigenous people can make land claims. this time limit should be 19. * 88, which is the date the year that the new constitution was approved in brazil. so if an indigenous people were not standing on a land, in 9th, apologies say, well, those bonds were ours before we've been expelled from. okay,

want to thank you for that. we don't see there for a 2nd doing the said, i return, i mean, anyway, apologies. we're having a few connection issues there with our correspondent monica, an i q who's outside the court in brasilia. let's discuss this further with adriano ramos, who jenna ramos perfecto, who's a policy and law coordinator with the social environmental institute. and she advocates on behalf of indigenous people in brazil. she's joining us via scott from brazil. thank you very much for being with us. as monica was saying, that very important case that could set a precedent. tell us 1st about the legal standing, what legal standing do the indigenous people have over this land? well, the brazilian constitution have recognized the traditional origin no rights for the land or indigenous peoples in brazil, and have stablished the procedures to which the government will recognise him,

guaranteed his rights. so the facts now is that we have the state of phil that got that ina and farmers, and all their interest wanting to bring back the additional lands for their property. so it's a huge and important discussion about the way the constitution is being interpreted . one of the proposals in congress will allow for non indigenous people to conduct mining in some on some of this land. what effect would that have on the land and the communities who live on it? well, this would be a huge impact over the communities because the proposed stand for the possibility of the committed to say no. so it's almost 14 the committed to accept that mining can cure inside their territories,

even though they're not interest. that the present constitution established that the complimentary legislation can be faxed to authorize mining site and visuals territories. but that should be in a process with a huge discussion. and of course, respecting the right of cultural patient conditionals. people i do, you know, of course, brazil's powerful farm lobby and present both scenario has push for, for this, arguing that indigenous communities are blocking development of the amazon was sitting on reservations with mineral resources in agriculture. all promise. he's saying basically the president that this is blocking development of these areas. what do you respond to that? well, this is not true. in fact, we are talking about 13 percent of the territory only. and india, amazon talking about 20 percent of the amazon. and the fact that the nature of

resources in this territories, especially the, for the bio diversity, is much more conserved inside this territory. use points that these should be territories that would be used for conservation of protection of the forest, which is also a very important assets for the present development. you know, so it's a colonial way of looking to this territory is to think that they should be used the way we use the rest of the territory. in any case, they told me of condition, most people should give them the right to choose what kind of development they want inside their territories. thank you so much for talking to us about this and explaining the issue to a foundry on a ramos pareto, a policy and law coordinator with the socio environmental institute live there from brazil. you. thank you very much. thank you. still ahead on me and use our why on time or not keep protest or rocking the african kingdom of s. what seni former

us president donald trump based frank, in texas for the us southern border with mexico will explain why and have a library. and what about this from close to 70 yards out? what happened next? i will tell you i hello, welcome to the look at the international forecasts, more hot sunshine across much of the middle east. so no surprise is coming through here. we got a little bit of cloud just around the caucasus cuz he wanted to shower because he wanted to shout to the northern part of our understand northern areas of pakistan as well. but that aside, it really is about the heat once again. so we touching 50 celsius impact that could be a tough, warmer and q way. it's warm enough in damascus at 40 degrees. and we're somewhere

in between here in doha, around 4445 celsius over the next day, or 2. sunshine stretched out across the gulf of aiden into the horn of africa. just one or 2 showers just around central parts of somalia for time, but nothing too much to speak of. the majority of the showers. well, they're quite nicely now around the highlands sliding further west with through south saddam we'll see some heavy rain coming back into a camera room into central and southern parts of nigeria to the south of that. it is generally dry. we got plenty of sunshine across southern africa, away from the western and southern cape where we got some wet weather, just drifting in cape town around 16 celsius as we go through friday. temperature, do recover in portland, was to around 20, maybe 25 degrees here. by saturday afternoon. the ah, al jazeera world needs to be green,

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a. watching alger 0 reminder of our top stories on this new power of pennsylvania's high school to overturn bill cost be sexual assault, conviction, and order that he be released from prison. the american actor was convicted in 2018, he served more than 2 years of a potential 3 to 10 year sentence. millions of people in western canada and northwestern united states, or under heat alerts. after record breaking temperatures. more than a 100 people have died in the vancouver area alone since friday, most of them were healthy. and any field, grey and rebels say government choose were forced to withdraw from the regional capital mckennie. the government is the return.