From: ' To: ' Subject: Notes/thoughts from jury exercise Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:37:20 +0000 Please see below for my thoughts on the jury exercise and my typed notes from the Q&A session at the end. General Thoughts/Themes from Deliberation Observation • In the group we observed deliberate, they all (even the initial skeptics) seemed to think that having witnesses testify under pseudonyms was good for the Govt. • They reiterated often that it wouldn't be possible for someone as closely associated with the girls and Epstein to not know that the girls were underage (seemed to come more from how they felt about the arguments and less based on specific evidence, suggested to me that they were already sympathetic to Govt case). • The points the jurors brought up about JE and GM not actually looking to mentor and take care of talented young people may be particularly helpful to highlight—seemed like they were highly skeptical of any claim that GM was actually interested in helping young people/girls given the circumstances under which she approached and interacted with them o Just girls, not boys/young men being selected o No formal or organizational structure behind it (e.g., finding a victim when driving by on the street, "where's the 501(c)(3)?") o The group had a brief discussion about the difference between helping kids who were talented but under- resourced versus helping (or exploiting) troubled kids, this made me wonder if there is any distinction worth drawing here or if there's a way for the Govt to say that JE and GM preyed on kids who were lacking, who needed money and/or to feel special, etc. (I know brought up and emphasized the pattern of recruiting and harming victims but in my view there could be more emphasis on recruiting/harming already vulnerable victims, at least in argument if not through a witness or witnesses) • I was surprised and glad to hear that the group seemed quite averse to victim shaming and didn't think that " c