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Part 2: Will Jeffrey Epstein Try the Brain/Disability Defense?
The wheels of justice, like the mills of the gods, apparently, grind exceedingly slowly, but they do a fine job, unless a wrench is thrown into them. Will the metaphoric wrench for Jeffrey Epstein be relying on research that is pointing toward a brain abnormality or a disability covered by the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) in pedophiles?
The insanity defense has fallen on deaf ears with juries and judges, so may we expect this brain abnormality/disability defense to be one that lacks any hope of freedom from prison for him? Can juries be enticed to view Epstein as a victim of a brain disorder and a disabled person rather than a predator and a sociopath who engaged in criminal behavior not solely in pedophilia?
The disability perspective of pedophiles was offered by a law professor who saw these individuals as impaired rather than criminals. A law professor in Australia argued, in an article published in one of the criminology journals there, that there is a “sense of crisis… The significance of the serious sex offender (is seen as) monstrous.” He headlined his article as “Ungovernable Monsters.”
The prevailing view, however, it would seem, in the population of the United States would not favor such a perspective of disability since pedophiles have been viewed as the counterparts…
