Epstein Secrets

s' advocates began to argue that the victims themselves had been overlooked. * The movement gained great visibility in the early 1980s when President Ronald Reagan appointed the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime. ? The Task Force published a report concluding that "the criminal justice system has lost a

sibility in the early 1980s when President Ronald Reagan appointed the President's Task Force on Victims o

es v. United States, a federal case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, usefully illustrates the issue. *° In that case, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida 22 Td. 33 Td. at 7302 (statement of Sen. Jon Kyl). 34 Compare /8 U.S.C. § 3771(d), with Susan Bandes, Victim S

coconspirators that the Government planned to offer at trial as admissions of a defendant" under Fed. R. Evid. 801); United States ex rel. Lucas v. Regan, 503 F.2d 1, 3 n.I (2d Cir. 1974); United States v. Sebastian, 497 F.2d 1267, 1268-69 (2d Cir. 1974); United States v. Percevault, 490 F.2d 126, 13

r disclosure obligation. Nor is the Government aware of any basis in law for this request. We note, in this respect, that neither the defendant nor the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York is a party or signatory to the NPA, nor is the defendant or this Office named therein. As noted in the Govern

do not constitute Giglio or Jencks Act material. Request 14 — All Written and Oral Communications and Other Documents Concerning Meetings between the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and Specified Attorneys for the Minor Victims and Other Witnesses: Your request does not articulate a basis i

Discussion As described above, the Government has produced Brady, Giglio, and Rule 16 material in the possession of the prosecutors and agents at the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the DOJ-OIG who have worked on this investigation and prosecution. Thomas seeks materials that are not in the possession of the Unite

argument regarding selective prosecution before a jury because the "selective prosecution defense is an issue for the court rather than the jury." Regan, 103 F.3d at 1082. The Second Circuit's directive makes sense. A claim of improper prosecutorial motive, whatever its ground or grounds, "is not a d

Discussion As described above, the Government has produced Brady, Giglio, and Rule 16 material in the possession of the prosecutors and agents at the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the DOJ-OIG who have worked on this investigation and prosecution. Thomas seeks materials that are not in the possession of the Unite

argument regarding selective prosecution before a jury because the "selective prosecution defense is an issue for the court rather than the jury." Regan, 103 F.3d at 1082. The Second Circuit's directive makes sense. A claim of improper prosecutorial motive, whatever its ground or grounds, "is not a d