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And if he is tried just for crimes there, fine.

But in the press here, where we don't have jury selection, if further allegations are made, as has often happened, then already the public here have seen senior individuals proclaim their sureness of his innocence, where of course they are not actually sure. In any other case, supporters would be allowed to say they believed him, or give examples of his good character or whatever, but not that he was certainly innocent. We sill have these unwritten rules where subtly but importantly different standards apply.

Since the crimes are alleged to have taken place over there that is where he would be tried for them.

Right. Which is precisely what I said In the first line of my previous post.

 whembly wrote:
With Epstein's case... the only thing that weird to me is that he only got like 16 month in prison.

There were allegedly 30 acts documented and each carries potentially 20 yrs per act.

I'm still trying to update myself with all the info... but that's... just doesn't add up to me.

The court document, first reported on by Politico Magazine, alleges: "Epstein also sexually trafficked the then-minor Jane Doe (a name used in US legal proceedings for people with anonymity), making her available for sex to politically connected and financially powerful people.
As I posted in the other thread this quote from BBC site
"Epstein's purposes in 'lending' Jane Doe (along with other young girls) to such powerful people were to ingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political, and financial gain, as well as to obtain potential blackmail information."
Maybe, it's who or what you know.