Manhattan DA's Office allegedly advocated reduced sex‑offender registration level for Jeffrey Epstein

The passage identifies a specific prosecutorial decision (ADA Jennifer Gaffney) to seek a lower registration level for Epstein, linking a powerful local official to potential preferential treatment of ADA Jennifer Gaffney argued Epstein should be listed as Level 1 rather than Level 3 in 2011 Manhatta Argument based on there being only one indictment victim, despite multiple alleged victims. Epstei