Jeffrey Epstein case dismissed, lawyers still want judge to probe death
But it came two days after Epstein's defense lawyers urged the judge to conduct an inquiry intocasting doubt on the finding by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office that he died from suicide by hangingOne of Epstein's lawyers, Martin Weinberg, in a statement to CNBC said: "We do not interpret today's ruling as a determination that Judge Berman has rejected our requests that he exercise his inherent judicial authority to investigate both the cause of Mr.
Prosecutors had opposed the idea of Berman doing an inquiry of his own into Epstein's death. They noted that the incident is already the focus of a federal grand jury probe, Another Epstein lawyer, Reid Weingarten, on Tuesday had told Berman that the injuries suffered by Epstein are "far more consistent with assault than suicide." Weingarten cited the defense's own medical experts.. Such fractures are somewhat more common in cases of strangulation than in hanging.
"We want the court to help us find out what happened," Weingarten said at Tuesday's hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, whereabout being abused by Epstein and their dismay that he died before he could be brought to trial. "We're skeptical of the certitude" of the finding of suicide by hanging by the medical examiner, he said. There are "significant doubts" regarding "the conclusion of suicide," Weingarten said.
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