Epstein Secrets

(11th Cir 2008), but the sponsors of the CVRA stated that the right to confer was "intended to be expansive. For 4 Interestingly, in In re Stewart, the Eleventh Circuit stated that the CVRA "does not limit the class of victims to those whose identity constitutes an element of the offense or who happen to be identif

gainst Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, . . . [the victims] cannot invoke any protections under the CVRA." Gov't Resp. at 8. This sweeping position is simply irreconcilable with § 3771(c)(1) of the CVRA. If an indictment is a prerequisite to CVRA rights, then depar

ng cases and concluding "the relevant case law unanimously agrees that the CVRA extends rights to crime victims before charges have been filed"). As the Eleventh Circuit has explained, "Congress is presumed to know the federal courts' interpretation of a statute that it intends to amend," and "[w]here there is no in

rnment deny that it sent "victim" notification letters to Jane Doe 2, both before it negotiated the NPA and after. See, e.g., DE 407 at 12,11 93-95 (Gov't Resp. to Victims' Statement of Undisputed Facts) (conceding a victim notification letter was sent to Jane Doe 2 in Jan. 2008). As the Court is well awar

8 (11th Cir 2008), but the sponsors of the CVRA stated that the right to confer was "intended to be expansive. For Interestingly, in In re Stewart, the Eleventh Circuit stated that the CVRA "does not limit the class of victims to those whose identity constitutes an element of the offense or who happen to be identif

against Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, . . [the victims] cannot invoke any protections under the CVRA." Gov't Resp. at 8. This sweeping position is simply irreconcilable with § 3771(c)(I) of the CVRA. If an indictment is a prerequisite to CVRA rights, then depar