FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) @ © (Indicate page, name of | newspaper, city and state.) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) | Date: 07072008 | oo Re Edition: Palm Beach Post Rich fought the law C Man oug C tl c a | Title: Rich man fought the law and he mostly won y _ | Character: 3 _ Two years after a grand jury Why is Jeffrey Epstein 1 | ciassitication: 31E-MM-108062 indicted him on a felony charge of ae onan 2 i| Submitting Office: Miami (PB2) : solisitation a prostitution, Jeffrey jail, and not prison: | pstein finally admitted that he | lured a teenage girl to his $8.5 mil- . Indexing: lion, 13,000-square-foot Palm Beach home that showed he knew the girls mansion for sex. A week ago, the were underage. Yet Mr Krischer ; 55-year-old investment banker be- was more swayed by Epstein’s law- gan, eer ying 8 maepis in ity P yers, wh aftemmted to impugn the ut that plea deai — guilty 0 irls’ character showing the felony solicitation of prostitution had chatted on myspace.com about and Oe foe a Fate under. the smoking marijuana and drinking. age 0. or prostitution — does He should have let a jury decide not account for all five of the girls, whether the victims — and Epstein _one as young as 14, who alleged that — were credible. Epstein sexually abused them. And —_—Ujitimately, one charge against wey is Epstein perung oy er Epstein finally reflected . Palm Beach County Jail Oe ~ 3 the ae oereement a ane not a ate prison, fo "| Epstein labeled a sex of ere inmates are sen Cs gm igh : 4 ¢ a sae . ° W. Se fender. With that additional Geir sentences are longer \ ‘ "» .21 charge, if Epstein had been | al els Yeats "~~ .» | convicted at a trial, he | | inp oa speeatel- 4 a ‘ could have been sentenced | wé'. e374, to anything from probation | sends that thors to the y * | to 15 years in prison, Assis- public that there’s a dit . | ferent system of justice for B Auulace Sige Atoms Leone | the wealthy who hire high-powered recommended ¢ ideline sentence lawyers. Epstein’s legal team includ-