Epstein

The words two tiered legal system come up in the news on a regular basis and many seem surprised. There are many examples of how money can buy not guilty or lesser sentences. One of the more famous cases was OJ Simpson. A more recent case in the news was Jeffrey Epstein who was convicted of sex crimes in 2007. He was sentenced to 18 months but spent that time in a country club style jail where he was allowed out 12 hours per day, six days a week. While he was accused of having many victims none showed up on his day of sentencing. An arrangement was made with the prosecutors not to inform the victims until after the trial was over. His crime was reduced to felony prostitution which allowed him to claim the girls were not victims but were in fact prostitutes. The most interesting part of the plea bargain was to immunize others. The United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein. This has and is protecting many people who were involved in Epsteins famous island. It is alleged that the FBI has a long list of people who went to the island and also video tapes of their activities. This case has been in limbo and will likely stay there. Is that two tiered justice?