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Jeffrey Epsteins plea deal is a travesty. But we can still find justice.
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post
Posted: December 23rd, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeffrey-epsteins-ple...
The aim of the victims rights movement, which arose in the 1970s and has swept through every state in the union and changed federal laws in the years since, is often summed up simply: Crime victims have the right to be informed, present and heard. All these rights were trampled by Alexander Acosta, formerly the U.S. attorney in South Florida and currently U.S. secretary of labor, when he struck a secret deal with wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to shield Epstein from federal investigation and prosecution. Acostas representatives misled Epsteins young victims by telling them the FBI was hard at work on their cases and asking them to be patient. Even when a handful of the victims - who may number in the hundreds - learned at the last minute that Epstein was entering a guilty plea and receiving a slap on the wrist, they still werent told that the federal case was being dropped. And because these victims were not informed, they were not present in court to oppose the deal and could not be heard by the sentencing judge protesting this disgraceful sham. Paul Cassell, perhaps the nations foremost legal authority on victims rights, has petitioned a federal judge in Florida to invalidate Epsteins arrangement on grounds that it violated the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA) of 2004. Given Epsteins last-minute settlement on Dec. 4 of a civil case that might have aired this tawdry laundry, Cassells suit may be the last chance these victims have for their day in court.
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