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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document53_ Filed 09/03/19 Page 52 of 86 52 J8RPEPS2 1 brought against Mr. Dershowitz, but I would have expected that 2 the Law Journal or Professor Green himself would have disclosed 3 that connection, which I think is a conflict. 4 But regardless of the appropriateness of his 5 disclosure, or lack of disclosure, I think that his article 6 opposing allowing the victims to have a voice in this 7 proceeding is inconsistent not only with the policy that 8 underlies the Crime Victim Rights Act and the very statute that 9 Mr. Epstein is being prosecuted under, but it ignores the 10 actual language of those statutes, and many other statutes, in 11 which Congress has made clear that the purpose of the criminal 12 law is no longer simply to punish the individual defendant, but 13 it is to find some way of trying to mitigate the damage that 14 has been done to the victims through restitution and economic 15 mitigation, but also through the ability to confront and to 16 have the court system and the justice system and the 17 prosecutors treat these victims as they are victims, as they 18 are human beings, and they are entitled to the respect that our 19 society needs to give every human being. So I think that this 20 is not only commendable, but I think it is what the law 21 requires. 22 In response to the question the Court asked, I have 23 discussed this hearing with my clients. I have told them that, 24 under the applicable law, the government has no alternative but 25 to move to dismiss this case, and I believe under th SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212%) 805-0220 DOJ-OGR-00000690