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Newly released documents expose severe flaws in 2006 Jeffrey Epstein case handling. What went wrong?

The notorious paedophile and sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein case that began in Palm Beach County in 2006 could end there as well. But the Palm Beach Post filed a lawsuit in 2019 to explain why it didn’t happen, citing confidential documents that reveal what happened 18 years ago when Epstein was charged with a single count of prostitution This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. In 2006, as a Palm Beach County prosecutor presented the case against Epstein to a grand jury, he asked one of the teen victims who testified if he realized he had “committed a crime,” according to the Palm Beach Post lawsuit disclosed in confidential text By the public. The Palm Beach Post's lawsuit stems from the findings of an investigation in 2019, which found then-Palm Beach County State's Attorney Barry Krisher ruined his case against Epstein in 2006. “For almost 20 years, the story of how Jeffrey Epstein victimized some of Palm Beach County’s most vulnerable has been the subject of much anger and has at times diminished the public’s perception of the criminal justice system,” Delgado wrote in his order, and added, "It is understandable that given those reports the public has a great curiosity about what was widely reported by news as 'special treatment’ regarding his prosecution.”

Hindustan Times

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