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  "full_text": "Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 57 of 74 57\nreach the decision some day the Second Circuit may have to address about whether or not a wealthy person should be denied release because the private guard condition somehow is more like detention than release.\nWe need him released, Judge. This is an enormously challenging case for his defense counsel. The government is hugely resourced. They've got over a million pages of discovery.\nHe's in the SHU unit. It's not a condition that somebody can defend themself. And Mr. Epstein's goal, like it was before, is to hire counsel to defend him and to work with counsel closely to exercise his presumption of innocence, to defend himself in a principled way in a courtroom, and not to flee. And I would urgently ask your Honor to consider our bail application.\nTHE COURT: I will.\nMR. WEINBERG: Thank you, Judge.\nTHE COURT: I will consider and reconsider.\nOn that point, I noticed that was the last paragraph I think in your letter -- I'll examine that again too -- here is my reaction. I don't know if this is legally sustainable or not. I will look at the cases.\nYou have all these people or have had on Rikers Island who can't make a thousand dollars bail, for example, and they have every right to consult with their lawyer, perhaps even\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300",
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      "content": "reach the decision some day the Second Circuit may have to address about whether or not a wealthy person should be denied release because the private guard condition somehow is more like detention than release.\nWe need him released, Judge. This is an enormously challenging case for his defense counsel. The government is hugely resourced. They've got over a million pages of discovery.\nHe's in the SHU unit. It's not a condition that somebody can defend themself. And Mr. Epstein's goal, like it was before, is to hire counsel to defend him and to work with counsel closely to exercise his presumption of innocence, to defend himself in a principled way in a courtroom, and not to flee. And I would urgently ask your Honor to consider our bail application.\nTHE COURT: I will.\nMR. WEINBERG: Thank you, Judge.\nTHE COURT: I will consider and reconsider.\nOn that point, I noticed that was the last paragraph I think in your letter -- I'll examine that again too -- here is my reaction. I don't know if this is legally sustainable or not. I will look at the cases.\nYou have all these people or have had on Rikers Island who can't make a thousand dollars bail, for example, and they have every right to consult with their lawyer, perhaps even",
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