"Despite its promise not to go after Maxwell, federal prosecutors in New York brought a federal case against her after Epstein died, arguing that it does not need to live up to the deal struck by federal prosecutors in Miami. And just like in Cosby’s case, the New York prosecutors want to use Maxwell’s depositions against her even though the government had said there would be no charges. The trial court, just like the trial court and intermediate appellate court in Cosby’s case, has agreed to let the government out of its deal. The case against Ghislaine Maxwell is extremely weak, based on 25-year-old, uncorroborated allegations made only after Epstein died. A jury should reject those flimsy and stale charges. But in the event of a conviction, she should get relief on appeal for the same reason Cosby did, prosecutors should have to live up to the deals they make. As that court explained: “A contrary result would be patently untenable. It would violate long-cherished principles of fundamental fairness. It would be antithetical to, and corrosive of, the integrity and functionality of the criminal justice system that we strive to maintain.” The Cosby case reaffirms that a prosecutor is bound to act with integrity and the public must be able to rely on his word. What a concept."

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