The Jeffrey Epstein case is an object lesson in how money can buy silence and how sexual abusers can be protected by those with great power | Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer for CNNopinion
Deborah Tuerkheimer, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan, is the Class of 1940 Research Professor of Law at Northwestern University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Proceedings in the Jeffrey Epstein case reconvened on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge announced that he will decide on Thursday whether the financier, indicted for allegedly running a sex trafficking ring, should be released on bond or remain in jail pending the outcome of the case. Federal prosecutors have alleged that Epstein has tampered with potential witnesses, wiring large sums of money to two individuals close to him during the relevant time period.
Deborah Tuerkheimer While high profile cases can teach us a lot about how our criminal justice system responds to sexual assault allegations, they also threaten to obscure the run-of-the-mill problems that sexual violence survivors face everyday.
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