and I will absolutely change my opinion on this subject. I've followed the case pretty closely since 2018 and never seen anyone claim what you are saying here.
Also I don't know that it's a standard part of criminal proceedings that the victims(s) are consulted along the way with regards to what they believe should happen to the perp, sentence-wise, and that their wishes are routinely honored. I would speculate that it is typically not the case, but again, if you have proof to the contrary I'm happy to consider it.
Bottom-line about this though, Federal prosecutors win like 97% of the time, or some such high number. The reason is because they routinely decline to prosecute unless it's a slam dunk, and most importantly, on a slam dunk on FEDERAL level charges. Solicitation of minors for sex is not a federal crime, it's a state crime. And again, look at the Maxwell case in 2022. Only 1 trafficking charge 'stuck'. Even after so much shit was publicly known, unlike 2008.
I am in NO WAY saying that he should've gotten off as lightly as he did, but I mostly blame Florida authorities for that outcome. It's not hard for me to believe Acosta judged that a federal case, on federal charges, would be a crap-shoot given what was known to him at the time.
Small consolation here though, there's no known victims who claimed they met Maxwell/Epstein after he'd been charged, so AFA anyone knows, the charges were actually enough to get him to stop doing what he was doing 
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