you were there, including the hearing where the former d.a., bruce caster, testified. se, who agreed to not prosecute cosby in exchange for that deposition in the civil case. that is -- that deal is what led to yesterday's ruling. looking back on that now, you have some interesting observations about what you saw. >> i remember it like it was yesterday. this was a pivotal hearing. if the trial judge believed that there was this promise that was relied upon, charges would be dismissed. and everybody knew bruce caster, the district attorney that refused to bring charges in 2005, was going to take the stand. so he did, and he was asked, did you make that promise? he said, yes, i did. and then the question was, did you put it in writing? did you make a declaration to show what this was? uh, no. well, did you tell bill cosby about the promise? no. i told his attorney. but his attorney is deceased now, and so he's not here to be able to tell us what he told -- was told by you. did you tell the attorneys in your office, the assistant district attorneys? well, i think i did. we

>> my belief they accepted the testimony of bruce caster. when i look at the facts, keep in mind i was there during the day and a half hearing where we had bruce caster on the stand where he testified as to this alleged promise. the things that he stated were contrary to what a lot of the other evidence. for example, he testified that he had informed cosby's attorney as well as ms. constand's attorneys that he was making this promise. ms. constand's attorneys took the stand and said these promises were never made, in fact, they had no knowledge of it. number two he released a press release moments after declining charges stating that he would revisit the decision to decline charges should the need arise. an individual that makes a promise that he's not going to prosecute someone does not make that kind of press release. i understand the press release was seen as something different but i think the plain language of what he stated is clear. i think in addition to that, the fact that bruce caster was only the -- the da of montgomery county spe

the trial court who had an opportunity to hear the testimony from those lawyers, bruce caster himself the lawyers for constand, the judge ruled that caster's testimony was inconsistent, and he did not believe that there was actually the kaptind of agreement that's being referenced. there was nothing in writing new york city traditional plea bargain. no e-mails back and forth, all that was in writing was a press conference from that, a press release, i'm sorry, from that former district attorney, so this agreement, you know, was fraught, alleged agreement was fraught from the beginning. so, and also, when we talk about prosecutors having a lot of power, let's think about if this were a different case. let's think about ahmaud a arbery's case where the prosecutor refused to hold those men accountable. we would not want that decision to be binding on future prosecutors, otherwise those three men would never have been brought to justice. so this notion that a prosecutor can enter into a side dial, kind of a nod and a wink deal, nothing in writing, nothing before the court, and that that's

, bruce caster, when he was serving as a prosecutor in pennsylvania had apparently given bill crosby an unwritten, unofficial, though apparently binding assurance that he wouldn't be prosecuted. and on the basis of that, the supreme court today overturned his ultimate prosecution and deemed that he cannot be tried on those charges again. a bizarre turn in one of the highest profile prosecutions of the me too era today and bill cosby is tonight out of prison and at his home in suburban philadelphia. that arriving just in this whirlwind of news. don't forget that tomorrow is the last day of the term for the united states supreme court this year. and that means two very important things. first, there is two really big cases left to be decided. one about dark money, undisclosed money in politics. and another that, frankly, could put the final nail in the coffin of the already gutted voting rights act based on an arizona voting case. both of those decisions are expected from the supreme court tomorrow. election reform and voting rights advocates bracing for what's expected to not be great

bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil civil cl brought bydrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court also bars further prosecution against cosby in the constad case. felicia rashad tweeted finally, a terrible wrong has been righted, a miscarriage of justice is corrected. his accusers are stunned and angry, including janice baker kinny of the bay area. >> most of us are just writing shocked, stunned, my stomach hurts, this is sickening, how could this happen kind of thing. and i think all of us are still in the processing moment. >> long time friend, the former mayor of san francisco, willy brown, maintains while cosby has his freedom, his life has been ruined by allegations. >> if they were absolutely accurate in telling

bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil suit brought by andrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court also bars further prosecution against cosby in the constad case. felicia rashad tweeted finally, a terrible wrong has been righted, a miscarriage of justice is corrected. his accusers are stunned and angry, including janice baker kinny of the bay area. >> most of us are just writing shocked, stunned, my stomach hurts, this is sickening, how could this happen kind of thing. and i think all of us are still in the processing moment. >> long time friend, the former mayor of san francisco, willy brown, maintains while cosby has his freedom, his life ruined by allegations. >> if they were absolutely accurate in telling the truth, wh

pa pa state supreme court is taking issue with a nonprosecution deal that montgomery county da, bruce casterade a deal with cosby's team in 2005, simply stated, you testify in the civil suit and there won't be criminal charges. it opened the door for ko-- for cosby giving up his fifth amendment right when he testified in the deposition. the fact that the testimony was given him later, denied him of his due process. in a law, it's you were not supposed to try him. you a made a deal and you have the other testimony, evidence from the civil trial and you want to use it in a criminal trial when you said that you would not do that. now, that is fruit of the poispo poisoness tree and barred future prosecution on the charges. in a statement, constand is and the lawyers said it's disappointing and of concern, and may discourage those that seek justice in the sexual assault and the criminal justice system. they add, we were not consulted on our thoughts and we were not aware of such discussions. while cosby was silent this afternoon, he spoke later to abc, here is a but of it. >> nobody had the sense