Epstein Secrets

Scott & Kissane, Miami, FL. For The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Daily News, Intervenors: Rachel Elise Fugate, LEAD ATTORNEY, Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa, FL. JUDGES: KENNETH A. MARRA, United State District Judge. OPINION BY: KENNETH A. MARRA OPINION OPINION AND ORDER This cause is before the Cour

made an inexplicably poor decision when it decided not to prosecute Epstein. "[T]he Government retains 'broad discretion' as to whom to prosecute." Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598, 607, 105 S. Ct. 1524, 84 L. Ed. 2d 547 (1985). The CVRA incorporates this principle, providing that "[n]othing in t

Courts tread lightly where prosecutorial discretion is concerned because "the decision to prosecute is particularly ill-suited to judicial review." Wayte, 470 U.S. at 607; see also 35 Geo. L.J. Ann. Rev. Crim. Proc. 203, 203 n.648 (2006). "Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution's g

would 25 EFTA00799849 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 408 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/06/2017 Page 26 of 32 unfairly prejudice the opposing party. Tampa Bay Water v. HDR Engineering. Inc. 731 F.3d 1171, 1182 (11th Cir. 2013) citing Robinson v. Tyson Foods. Inc., 595 F.3d 1269, 1273 (11th Cir. 2010).

ment's enforcement policy. All these are substantial concerns that make the courts properly hesitant to examine the decision whether to prosecute. Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598, 607-08 (1985); see also Fokker, 818 F.3d at 737-738 (noting the long-settled understandings about the independence o

ld 25 EFTA00591486 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 401-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/02/2017 Page 27 of 33 unfairly prejudice the opposing party. Tampa Bay Water v. HDR Engineering. Inc. 731 F.3d 1171, 1182 (11th Cir. 2013) citing Robinson v. Tyson Foods. Inc., 595 F.3d 1269, 1273 (11th Cir. 2010).

ment's enforcement policy. All these are substantial concerns that make the courts properly hesitant to examine the decision whether to prosecute. Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598, 607-08 (1985); see also Fokker, 818 F.3d at 737-738 (noting the long-settled understandings about the independence o