The above image was made with stable diffusion using the prompt 'scales of justice psychedelic.
The role of Alan Dershowitz in Jeffrey Epstein's crime ring has long been unclear. Whitney Webb's One Nation Under Blackmail shed some light on this, yet gave the subject little attention. Now, Dershowitz has appeared in an interview saying that Epstein didn't kill himself in his holding cell, and that he instead died with help from people in law enforcement.
The story from Dershowitz seems imminently plausible. And his perspective has implications. If Epstein was killed by guards, that would make his death an extrajudicial execution. Mainstream media just shrugged when missing tapes and falsified records made it impossible determine what exactly happened. Obviously, the conspiracy that gave rise to the missing and falsified records had something to do with Epstein's death.
If one such conspiracy exists, there are surely others. That's terrifying. Our criminal justice system is already highly problematic. If secret networks of criminals are using this system as cover for extrajudicial killings, it makes the whole system appear broken.
Epstein exploited disadvantaged children for sex and probably blackmail material. His death was neither surprising nor troubling. But the network of people who participated in or abetted Epstein's crime ring remain mostly or entirely hidden. So along with the law enforcement conspiracy, there are an unknown number of possibly very powerful people doing whatever they can to keep their involvement in the affair hidden.
If important figures were indeed being blackmailed by Epstein, there's a possibility that they're still being blackmailed by some other party with access to Epstein's material. And Epstein's former clients won't have changed their predilections. They're doubtless merely having children procured for them another way. How many of these people are out there, up to no good? Maybe dozens. Maybe hundreds.
The Epstein scandal isn't an isolated incident. It's just the incident we know about. A window into the devastating vices of the financial elite. Incontrovertible proof that abusing children is a pastime of the wealthy. Now, even presidents and princes aren't above suspicion.
There are many survivors of Epstein's abuses. Some of these have received financial settlements. And they all have to live with what happened. They're not alone there. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, "1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse."
Figures like that suggest that abuse is to some extent normalized in our society. And it may be that we're simply becoming less tolerant of abuses that have always been there. Attitudes have certainly changed in the last 20 years. Victims are more recognized.
I don't know if Dershowitz is right about Epstein's death. But I do know that the whole affair has unsettling implications for our justice system. And that's before considering the high-level blackmail ring. How many of our leaders are compromised?
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