From the Miami Herald: Appeals court upholds Jeffrey Epstein deal that minimized punishment, silenced victims

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  1. Oscar Gordon says:

    So assuming it’s appealed, where does it go from here?Report

    • Jaybird in reply to Oscar Gordon says:

      My fundamental assumptions include “Alexander Acosta was not lying when he said he was told to leave it alone.”

      As such, I think that there are more people who are being told to leave it alone.

      I don’t know that it goes anywhere on appeal because the higher up you get, you get more people who know to leave it alone when they are told to leave it alone.Report

    • CJColucci in reply to Oscar Gordon says:

      Any appeal would go to the Supreme Court, which may or may not take it. They may not, since it’s one court possibly getting one law wrong in an idiosyncratic case, and “merely wrong” is almost a term of art for denying review. The Supremes don’t take cases merely because they came out wrong. In fact, if the error is bizarre and egregious enough, that cuts against their taking a case. It isn’t likely to happen again, precisely because it’s so bizarre and egregious. So no need for guidance from the Supremes.
      Since this is a case about what a statute means, not what it ought to mean, you can lobby for legislative change, and apparently that is in the works.Report