The New York financier’s case points to the patchwork of laws around the country that govern the registration of sex offenders.

STANLEY, N.M. — Jeffrey Epstein, the New York financier, managed to evade federal prosecution a decade ago in a Florida sex case involving dozens of teenage girls, in part by agreeing to register as a sex offender. But for a man with many residences, and many high-powered lawyers, registering as a sex offender was not the blanket penalty it might seem.

Sorgente: Jeffrey Epstein Registered as a Sex Offender in 2 States. In New Mexico, He Didn’t Have To. – The New York Times