Epstein Secrets

l Law e=-44 To constitute a substantial step to- ward the commission of a crime, for pur- poses of a co

d- missible only to show a state of mind, the exclusionary hearsay rule is quite ir- relevant. McCormick, Evidence, § 228, at pp. 465-467 (1954); 6 Wigmore, Evidence, §§ 1766, 1770, 1772, and 1789 (3rd ed. 1940). It might be added that, even if all of the testimony to which this objection has been ma

d a lawyer for the express purpose of helping to "ward off the media," because she did not want any publ

ion that when it comes to rape only women always tell the truth. This bias is an wrongheaded as the anachronistic bias, reflected in the writings of Wigmore and others, that men are more likely to tell the truth than women. A highly publicized case in 2011 may well illustrate the reality that both men an

be fair, and her response was, "I would lean to- ward life imprisonment" ... I appreciate that she sai

to exist. With isthmian exceptions not pertinent here, the presence of third parties is sufficient to undermine the needed confidentiality. See 8 Wigmore, supra § 2311, at 601-03 & nn. 6-8 (collecting cases). So here: XYZ knew that third parties-representatives of Smallco- were participating in the