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'Public Hearings Are Exactly What Judges Do:' Epstein's Post-Death Proceeding

“I believe it is the court’s responsibility, and manifestly within its purview, to ensure the victims in this case are treated fairly and with dignity,” U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said in court Tuesday.

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Media gathered outside the Southern District of New York Courthouse in Manhattan on Aug. 27, 2019, in advance of a posthumous hearing in the criminal case of Jeffrey Epstein. Media gathered outside the Southern District of New York Courthouse in Manhattan on Aug. 27, 2019, in advance of a posthumous hearing in the criminal case of Jeffrey Epstein.

At Tuesday’s hearing in the Jeffrey Epstein criminal prosecution, a federal judge in Manhattan moved toward ending the case against the deceased financier, even as the judge openly defended his decision to let the alleged victims speak for as long as they wanted in a case that some lawyers argue should have been closed out with a short written order.

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Jason Grant

Jason Grant

Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected] On Twitter, please find him @JasonBarrGrant

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