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Documents were being refuted and contrary information provided by the defense. and it really cripples the case. >> coming up -- like i don't get to go? why am i not going to court? >> jeffrey epstein makes a deal. >> is that a sweetheart deal? >> i've never seen anything like it. >> when "dateline" continues. >> when "dateline" continues or delicious... or fun. ♪ but since you need both car and home insurance, why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%. which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like ah well i don't know what you'd wanna buy cause i'm just a guy on you...

Forward, retired chief reiter says there is value in looking back. >> some good has to come out of this case. laws need to be changed. someone in authority in both the state of florida, the united states government, has to apologize to the victims and their families for the way that they were treated by prosecutors in south florida. >> reporter: the women we brought together here persevere. they're strengthened by a new sisterhood, a solidarity forged by their shared survival. >> this was something that happened to me when i was very vulnerable, very young, and it doesn't define me as a person...

Delayed and frustrated their investigation and their prostitutipro prosecution of the case. >> still, he says, acosta told him his office was moving forward. >> i left that meeting thinking this guy is going to hopefully do his job. he's telling me he is. >> but then he decided not to charge epstein in federal court and sent the case back to the local prosecutors, the very same office that rider says dropped the ball in the first place. now epstein made a deal, pleading guilty to two counts related to prostitution. >> they're calling the victims prostitutes. >> that's right. >> it's not prosti...

>> little did virginia and other victims know that everything would change this year. >> coming up -- >> where do you think this case is going now? >> there are still people out there, people that were enabling epstein. >> can these women still get justice? >> they failed us before. don't fail us again.

Often after you left? >> this was the case that never really left me. >> reporter: did the justice system fail these victims? >> not only in my opinion, but in the opinion of others that have worked a long time in the system, this is the worst failure of the criminal justice system that i or they are aware of in modern times. >> reporter: it turned out reiter wasn't the only person in south florida who hadn't forgotten jeffrey epstein. in november 2018, the "miami herald" published an explosive series about epstein's sexual abuse and the deal that led to that short jail term. and, that same mo...