EFTA00014615.pdf

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H. DORN WILLIAMS JR.
Attorney at Law
Over 45 Years' Experience
Martindale-Hubbell "AV" Rated
Trials & Appeals. State & Federal Courts
July 19, 2019
U.S. Attorney's Office
Re:
USA v. Jeffrey Epstein
Dear
The bullet Epstein dodged that no one is talking about. He did so because of the combined
actions of former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, former Palm Beach County State Attorney
Barry Krischer, the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office, and the assistant state attorney(s) that
handled Jeffrey Epstein's criminal pr9secution in state court.
At his plea and sentencing, the judge asked why Epstein was going to serve his sentence in
the Palm Beach County stockade instead of in a Florida state prison, like most sex offenders.
The response was we just decided that was the best way to accomplish what needed to be
done here and agreed that the sentence satisfied everyone's requirements.
His carefully constructed plea and sentence accomplished Epstein avoiding the Jimmy Ryce
Act, relating to the indefinite civil commitment of sexual predators. If he had been eligible for
Jimmy Ryce commitment, there is a substantial likelihood that he would have been indefinitely
committed and warehoused with other sexual predators.
Epstein was charged with two felony offenses: (1) procuring a person under the age of 18 for
prostitution, a second-degree felony, punishable by 15 years in prison, and (2) felony
solicitation of prostitution, a third-degree felony, punishable by 5 years in prison. He was facing
a maximum consecutive sentence of 20 years in prison.
Florida, like the Federal Courts, has sentencing guidelines. Epstein's guidelines calculated the
"lowest permissible prison sentence of 21.5 months," or almost two years in state prison. In
Florida, the court can go below the lowest permissible range via a motion for downward
departure, or plea bargain. Epstein avoided a 21.5-month prison system via plea bargain.
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