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July 26, 2019

Serial Child Sex Abuser Jeffrey Epstein Found Unconscious in Jail Cell
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Federal authorities have placed the serial child sex abuser Jeffrey
Epstein on a suicide watch, after he was reportedly found unconscious in
his Manhattan jail cell with marks on his neck. It's not clear whether
the injuries Epstein received Tuesday were self-inflicted. Epstein has
pleaded not guilty to federal charges of sex trafficking minors, after
his arrest earlier this month. In 2008, Epstein was charged with
molesting and trafficking dozens-and potentially hundreds-of underage
girls in Florida. But he ended up serving just 13 months in county jail
after Alex Acosta, the U.S. prosecutor in Florida-who later became
Trump's labor secretary before resigning this month-cut what's been
described as "one of the most lenient deals for a serial child sex
offender in history." 


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