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THE PALM BEACH POST 
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 2007 
The Palm Beach Post 
TOM GIUFERIDA Publisher 
JOHN RARTOSEK. Edaor 
CHARLES GERARDI, General Mintage, 
RILL ROSE. Managing Mao, 
RANDY SCHULTZ. Editor of the Editorial Page 
JAN TUCKWOOD, Associate Editor 
BARRY BERG, VP Circulation 
LARRY SIEDUK. VP& Thwarter 
JOHN KELLY. VP Adverb's* 
GALE HOWDEN, VP Corrumatity Regan and Mariam 
LINDA MURPHY. VP Mona' Resources 
BOB BALF£. VYOperation,
LAURA DECK CUNNINGHAM. Director. Marine; Senlees 
DAN SHORTER General Masagn, PabuliraeliPostcom 
How will system judge 
Palm Beach predator? 
We soon will find out whether 
big money can buy from the crimi-
nal justice system what everyone 
assumes that big money can buy. 
The penalty news reports say 
part-time Palm Beach resident 
Jeffrey Epstein is expected to face 
suggests that he wiD plead guilty 
to something more than one felony 
count for solicitation of prostitution. 
A Palm Beach County grand jury 
indicted the Manhattan money 
manager on that charge in July 
2006. But a guilty plea that does not 
recognize the age of the girls whom 
police say the billionaire paid for 
sex would be a disservice to the 
girls, an insult to the investigators 
who pressed the case and, for good 
measure, a general outrage. 
Palm Beach police have said that 
Jeffrey Epstein. 54, paid underage 
girls, one as young as 14, to come to 
his 7,200-square-foot waterfront home 
for "massage" sessions. fblice said 
interviews with five alleged victims 
and 17 witnesses under oath, phone 
messages, a high school transcript 
and other items they found in Mr. 
Epstein's trash and home show that 
he knew how young the girls were. 
But after Mr Epstein's attorneys told 
prosecutors about the girls' MySpace 
pages, which mentioned marijuana 
and alcohol use, State Attorney Barry 
Krischer sent the case to a grand jury. 
instead of filing charges himself 
Blaming these victims, however, 
does not make them any more de-
serving of what happened. And …
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