Palm Beach editorial decries lack of child sex charges against Jeffrey Epstein

The passage highlights prosecutorial decisions not to charge Epstein with statutory rape despite evidence of under‑age victims, naming specific officials (State Attorney Barry Krischer) and high‑profi Epstein allegedly solicited 14‑17‑year‑old girls for sex in 2004‑2005. Palm Beach police urged charges of unlawful sex acts with a minor, but prosecutors filed only a soli State Attorney Barry Krisch