NORRISTOWN - A small, but vocal, crowd stood outside in the driving rain, cheering and chanting.

"Free Bill!" they shouted.

Someone they adore -- but others abhor - was leaving the courthouse. Despite their cheers and celebration, though, there is no resolution yet in the Bill Cosby case.

The jury in Cosby's trial could not reach a verdict after 52 hours of deliberations, which started Monday night, resulting in the jury twice saying they were deadlocked.

Judge Steven T. O'Neill this morning granted the defense's motion for a mistrial.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said he is disappointed the jury was not able to come to a unanimous verdict, but he's happy Andrea Constand got to face her accuser.

And he will try this case again.

"We will reevaluate and review our case. We will take a hard look at everything involved and retry it," Steele said. "Our plan is to move this case forward as soon as possible."

Cosby was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.

He went to trial on June 5, and the jury went into deliberations Monday night. After 52 hours of deliberations and more than a dozen questions to review testimony, they said they were deadlocked twice, resulting in the mistrial.

As O'Neill declared a mistrial, he thanked the jury for their hard work, and he told them they should not feel badly because their deliberations did not reach a verdict.

Getting slightly emotional, O'Neill told the jurors, brought in from Allegheny County, that he is proud of their hard work and he will "forever hold you dear in my heart" for being away from their families for two weeks to do their part for the justice system.

The Cosby investigation was closed back in 2005, but reopened a decade later after a judge authorized the release of Cosby's testimony under deposition in a civil suit Constand filed against the entertainer. Part of that deposition was entered into evidence at this trial with Cosby admitting to giving Constand pills, as well as admitting to giving Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with in the 1970s.

Constand's testimony was also key to the prosecution as she detailed their 16-month friendship that preceded the incident at Cosby's home. She said Cosby gave her three pills, calling them "friends" to help her relax. Those pills left her incapacitated, and she said she woke up, unable to move, and found Cosby sexually assaulting her.

Prosecutors also called Constand's mother, Gianna Constand, who confronted Cosby on the phone. In that phone call, he admitted to sexual contact with her daughter, and later, offered to pay for her to attend graduate school.

And Kelly Johnson, another accuser, told jurors Cosby did the same to her in the 1990s.

Defense attorney Brian McMonagle, however, argued these were all false accusations against Cosby and that Cosby and Constand had a romantic relationship.

When asked about criticism from some that Cosby's race played a role, Steele said that is not a factor at all.

"This case is about a drug-facilitated sexual assault. It doesn't matter what you look like or who you are," Steele said. "Our job is to follow the evidence where it takes us. We have done that."

And Steele would not comment on a statement released by Cosby's wife, Camille. In that statement, Camille Cosby said:

"How do I describe the district attorney? Heinously and exploitively ambitious. How do I describe the judge? Overtly arrogant, collaborating with the district attorney. How do I describe the counsels for the accusers? Totally unethical..."

But Steele said Constand deserves a verdict. He added that she is a positive person, and she has been that way through the entire process. And even through the lengthy deliberations, she remained that way, and often lifted prosecutors' spirits when they needed it most.

And, voice breaking slightly toward the end of his press conference, Steele said, "For me this job is about going into court and fighting fights that need to be fought. I'm a career prosecutor. This is my job. This is where I want to be."