Tag - prosecutorial discretion

Snapshot Full name: Alice Stevens Fisher Profession: Attorney, former senior Justice Department official, and corporate defense lawyer Relevant government position: Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 2005 through May 23, 2008 Current professional role: Partner and General Counsel at Latham and Watkins in Washington, according to the firm’s ... Read more

Credit / Attribution: U.S. Department of Labor License: Public domain Source: Wikimedia Commons – Alexander Acosta The United States attorney who approved Jeffrey Epstein’s secret nonprosecution agreement later called it a strategy for securing jail time. The Justice Department called it poor judgment. Jeffrey Epstein’s federal case in South Florida did not disappear because prosecutors ... Read more

On September 24, 2007, federal prosecutors possessed a proposed 60-count indictment against Jeffrey Epstein. Their investigation had identified additional survivors, examined conduct spanning several years, and considered federal conspiracy, enticement, interstate-travel, and sex-trafficking charges. No federal indictment followed. Instead, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida signed a non-prosecution agreement that moved ... Read more