JaMES PATTERSON : BE the outcome may have been different. But they were not At times, some prosecut known to us at the time. trial, and at times I felt t A prosecution decision must be based on admissible right in the first meetin facts known at the time. In cases of this type, those are | spective of defense tacti unusually difficult because victims are frightened and 1 tional right to a defense often decline to testify or if they do speak, they give con- ; right should not be puni: tradictory statements. Our judgment in this case, based 3 sel’s exercise of their rij on the evidence known at the time, was that it was better y Washington D.C. Proseci to have a billionaire serve time in jail, register as a sex i 4 _ frustration and anger wi offender, and pay his victims restitution than risk a trial By q their judgment. with a reduced likelihood of success. I supported that ‘a a After the plea, I reca judgment then, and based on the state law as it then stood 4 4 One was from the FBI Sp: and the evidence known at the time, I would support that i ‘ a to offer congratulations. judgment again. a q meetings regarding this c Epstein’s treatment, while in state custody, likewise a Z of the defense, and he cal may encourage the view that the office should have been 3 4 holding firm against the | tougher. Although the terms of confinement in a state a 4 itz, Lefkowitz and Starr. prison are a matter appropriately left to the State of Flor- 5 : 4 received calls or commun ida, and not federal authorities, without doubt, the treat- Se 4 itz, Lefkowitz and Starr. ] ment that he received while in state custody undermined 7 q als previously, from my the purpose of a jail sentence. 4 q Kirkland & Ellis in the m Some may also believe that the prosecution should ; peace. I agreed to talk an have been tougher in retaliation for the defense’s tactics. | Epstein pled guilty, as I tk The defense, arguably, often failed to negotiate in good _ tors battle defense attorney faith. They woul