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Subject: Prosecutors Broke Law In Epstein Plea Deal, Fla. Judge Says 
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:12:28 +0000 
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Prosecutors Broke Law In Epstein Plea Deal, Fla. Judge Says 
By Carolina Bolado 
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Law360 (February 21, 2019, 5:58 PM EST) --
Prosecutors, including then-U.S. Attorney and current 
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, violated the 
Crime Victims' Rights Act when they signed a non-
prosecution agreement with billionaire sex offender 
Jeffrey Epstein without notifying his victims, a 
Florida federal judge ruled Thursday. 
Prosecutors failed to comply with their obligations to 
inform the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, shown in 2004, 
that they intended to enter into an agreement not to 
prosecute him, a judge said Thursday. (Getty) 
U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra granted 
summary judgment to two Epstein victims who sued 
the government over the deal and said federal 
prosecutors failed to comply with their obligations 
under the CVRA to inform Epstein's victims that they 
intended to enter into an agreement not to prosecute 
him. 
The government's decision to hide its intentions and 
to tell victims to just be patient with the investigation 
was "particularly problematic," according to the 
judge. 
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"When the government gives information to victims, 
it cannot be misleading," Judge Marra said. "While 
the government spent untold hours negotiating the 
terms and implications of the NPA with Epstein's 
attorneys, scant information was shared with victims. 
Instead, the victims were told to be 'patient' while the 
investigation proceeded." 
Judge Marra rejected the government's claim that the 
CVRA requires victims to be notified only of a plea 
bargain or a deferred prosecution agreement, both of 
which are more common than a non-prosecution 
agreement, according to the opinion. But that reading 
of the law is "inconsistent with the goal of the 
CVRA," the judge said. 
"The expansive co…
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