This article was from before Epstein’s death (7/23)....
.....Tuesday’s push is in response to a February court ruling that Epstein’s “nonprosecution agreement” violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act, because underage girls assaulted by Epstein in Palm Beach weren’t told about the deal in advance.
In recent weeks, a clamor over Epstein’s deal led to the July 12 resignation of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney who directed Epstein’s immunity from federal crimes a dozen years ago.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra is expected to rule soon on what steps should be taken to rectify the violation all these years later.
Some of Epstein’s victims, while expressing gratitude for the new charges in New York, say they also want Epstein to be held accountable by federal authorities for offenses that happened in his Palm Beach estate from 1999 to 2007. He abused dozens of minor girls, some as young as 14, during those years, court records show.
The victims are asking Marra to rescind the immunity for Epstein and his unnamed co-conspirators, to clear the way for new charges.
“The Government and Epstein reached a secret nonprosecution agreement and then concealed that agreement until it was firmly in place—and the victims lost any opportunity to object,” wrote victims’ attorney Bradley Edwards.
“This secret justice for Epstein and his co-conspirators has led to a national outcry about unfairness and unequal treatment of the wealthy and powerful in the criminal justice system.”
Government prosecutors want the agreement kept in place while offering victims opportunities to air their concerns and stories. And Epstein opposes any move to reopen the 2007 agreement....
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/epstein-victims-revoke-immunity/
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Has Judge Marra ruled on this, yet? Looking....
Judge Marra NOT a Trump friendly judge....ruled against, in 2017, regarding golf club memberships....
https://www.golf.com/tour-news/2017/02/03/turf-war-inside-lawsuit-against-president-trumps-jupiter-fla-club
Appointed by Bush...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marra
Has said ‘prosecutors violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) when they signed the plea more than a decade ago. The law guarantees victims a series of rights, including the right to confer with prosecutors’.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/431018-judge-rules-federal-prosecutors-broke-law-in-jeffrey-epstein-case
More recent (post-suicided) take....
....Through their respective attorneys, victims told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra it would be “unfair” not to throw out the secretly struck deal that kept the multi-millionaire and his alleged accomplices from being federally prosecuted in Florida a decade ago.
“It would be unfair to the victims if Epstein not only managed to cheat justice through his death, but also left behind some kind of legal issue preventing the victims from obtaining the rescission remedy to which they are plainly entitled,” said attorneys Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell in a new filing Monday.
Judge Marra decided in February, that the non prosecution agreement, negotiated between the US Attorney’s Office in Miami and Epstein’s attorneys in secret, violated the Crime Victim Rights Act. The next step, is to decide what the victims should receive for the violation of their rights.
“Epstein’s death could help convince Judge Marra to void the entire non prosecution agreement because you no longer have issues of double jeopardy because Epstein is not around anymore, plus Epstein had paid restitution to some victims but that’s not a concern anymore because Epstein is gone,” said Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg.
The attorneys want Judge Marra to immediately throw out the part of the deal that prevented Epstein’s co-conspirators from being charged with federal sex crimes in South Florida.....
Through their respective attorneys, victims told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra it would be “unfair” not to throw out the secretly struck deal that kept the multi-millionaire and his alleged accomplices from being federally prosecuted in Florida a decade ago.
“It would be unfair to the victims if Epstein not only managed to cheat justice through his death, but also left behind some kind of legal issue preventing the victims from obtaining the rescission remedy to which they are plainly entitled,” said attorneys Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell in a new filing Monday.
Judge Marra decided in February, that the non prosecution agreement, negotiated between the US Attorney’s Office in Miami and Epstein’s attorneys in secret, violated the Crime Victim Rights Act. The next step, is to decide what the victims should receive for the violation of their rights.
“Epstein’s death could help convince Judge Marra to void the entire non prosecution agreement because you no longer have issues of double jeopardy because Epstein is not around anymore, plus Epstein had paid restitution to some victims but that’s not a concern anymore because Epstein is gone,” said Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg.
The attorneys want Judge Marra to immediately throw out the part of the deal that prevented Epstein’s co-conspirators from being charged with federal sex crimes in South Florida.
https://www.wptv.com/news/epstein/jeffrey-epsteins-victims-urge-south-florida-judge-to-allow-for-prosecution-of-alleged-accomplices
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Apologies for the long post. Lots of info regarding the immunity deal.
