Epstein Secrets

Document 169 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/23/2012 Page 9 of 20 prosecutors, rather than judges, hold the real sentencing power. As plaintiffs' counsel Paul Cassell told the New York Times last month, "Judges have lost discretion, and that discretion has accumulated in the hands of prosecutors, who now have the

eal sentencing power. As plaintiffs' counsel Paul Cassell told the New York Times last month, "Judges have

ications, either written or oral, made during the course of a mediation. Our decision whether to apply this mediation privilege .. . is governed by Federal Rule of Evidence 501 [and] Jaffee'. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996) . . . Recognizing that only those documents prepared for purposes of the confidential mediation are prote

Submitted, s/ Bradley J. Edwards Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 and Paul G. Cassell Pro Hac Vice S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Attorneys for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 26 EFTA0

.L. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 and Paul G. Cassell Pro Hac Vice S.J. Quinney College of Law at the

(1) Federal Rule of Evidence 410 or (2) a purported "common law privilege" for "plea negotiations" that the attorneys ask the Court to create under Federal Rule of Evidence 501. The defense arguments are meritless for multiple, independent reasons. With regard to Rule 410, the defense attorneys' efforts to invoke Rule 410

Jay Howell &Associates PA 644 Cesery Boulevard Suite 250 Jacksonville, FL 32211 Email: [email protected] PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Paul G. Cassell Email: PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED represented by Ann Marie C. Villafana United States Attorney's Office 500 South Australian Ave Suit

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ed to obtain those materials in discovery in the first instance. That question must be answered by reference to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, which refers to Federal Rule of Evidence 501, which "empower[s] the federal courts to `continue the evolutionary development of [evidentiary] privileges." Adkins v. Christie, 488 F.3d 1324, 132