Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted pedophile and registered sex offender but escaped a long sentence in federal prison by cutting a secret deal with then U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. Celeste Higgins, associate director of Miami Law’s litigation skills program and longtime federal public defender, tucks into the agreement, the victims, and the political fallout. Recorded in the Explainer studios on January 17, 2019.
