Pb remarked,
"The lacrosse players were innocent. Cosby is probably guilty."
That doesn't matter any more. The Court has thrown out this verdict based on the chicanery of the prosecution. And also barred re-prosecution on that matter. Without actual knowledge, I strongly suspect that the Court was pretty pissed off.
Coincidentally, the movie "Call Northside 777" is on the air right now, starring James Stewart. This also involves chicanery by the prosecutors to obtain a 99 year murder conviction of an actually innocent person.
Based on a true life incident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Northside_777"
In actuality, innocence was determined not as claimed in the film but when it was found out that
the prosecution had suppressed the fact that the main witness had initially declared that she could not identify the two men involved in the police shooting.[2] "
Underscore mine.
See Wiki for "real life" details.
Terry, 230RN