I see that #EpsteinDidntKillHimself is trending again, given the arrest of Ghislane Maxwell.
So it bears repeating: he probably did, in fact, commit suicide.
So it bears repeating: he probably did, in fact, commit suicide.
As @Popehat pointed out a while back, our prisons are brutal inhumane and inhuman places where the sort of indifference needed for Epstein to commit suicide is routine: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
In the notoriously understaffed MCC, Epstein’s jail, that risk just goes up.
In the notoriously understaffed MCC, Epstein’s jail, that risk just goes up.
We have this strange belief that the our prisons and jails are tough but ultimately mostly functional places.
They are not.
It is, of course, possible that Epstein was murdered. But it remains the less-likely explanation.
They are not.
It is, of course, possible that Epstein was murdered. But it remains the less-likely explanation.
And before you say “how many rich ppl do this??” note that almost every rich person makes bail! Epstein did not.
So a rich older man, confined in a horrific place, staring at effectively life in prison at the bottom of the prison hierarchy.
So a rich older man, confined in a horrific place, staring at effectively life in prison at the bottom of the prison hierarchy.
