Government's attorneys violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 (CVRA) by not notifying victims of a plea arrangement with Epstein. In a non-prosecution agreement, federal sex-trafficking charges of minors were dropped, and Epstein plead guilty to one charge of prostitution brought by state proecutors. Texas lawyer Michael Lowe writes, {{quotebox|The [Non-Prosecution Agreement] NPA is VERY strange mostly due to the government’s grant of immunity to unknown and uncharged co-conspirators. This is unenforceable and borderline unethical. No lawyer can bargain on behalf of a client for whom he does not represent. That’s what was done here. | Government's attorneys violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 (CVRA) by not notifying victims of a plea arrangement with Epstein. In a non-prosecution agreement, federal sex-trafficking charges of minors were dropped, and Epstein plead guilty to one charge of prostitution brought by state proecutors. Texas lawyer Michael Lowe writes, {{quotebox|The [Non-Prosecution Agreement] NPA is VERY strange mostly due to the government’s grant of immunity to unknown and uncharged co-conspirators. This is unenforceable and borderline unethical. No lawyer can bargain on behalf of a client for whom he does not represent. That’s what was done here. |