Appeals Court Orders Circuit Judge To Consider Releasing Jeffrey Epstein Info

By CBS Miami Team

May 11, 2023

TALLAHASSEE - In a case filed by The Palm Beach Post, an appeals court Wednesday ordered a circuit judge to consider releasing information from grand-jury proceedings about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal said a circuit judge improperly relied on a legal rule to deny the Post's request to release the information.

While the appeals court said grand-jury proceedings are generally secret, it pointed to an exception in state law that allows disclosure for the purpose of "furthering justice."

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