You cannot compare fornication between two consenting adults with what happened on Epstein Island which was slavery of children, held against their will in order to be sex slaves.
The mercy that has been extended is that they can become witnesses for the prosecution, this slow roll to prosecution is giving many an opportunity to come forward and confess and do the works worthy of repentance.
However, even someone who confesses does not get a free pass, they will also be convicted, they will also have a felony on their record. The mercy comes with a potentially lighter sentence for being a cooperating witness and might even get a safer prison to fulfill their sentence.
They weren't held against their will, they were prostitutes, hate to break the news to you about how young the generations of the harlots start these days, but it is what it is. It's still bad and still a sin, but it's not so one-sided. Then there are the nitty gritty complications, it's an island so you have jurisdiction issues and you have of course a lot of foreign involvement too, those European "allies" they always insist we need to subsidize and protect and of course Israel.
This is why I do like your point of view and comments genuinely though, it does go into the deeps of the issue. However this why we have to meld accountability and justice with mercy here so that mercy is actually valued. I have not said they'll go to Heaven, but Epstein is already died in such a manner that it will be infamous for a while and is a sign to all those involved, again much of which is already frankly well known, to see not to take clemency too lightly now. They can be like Amnon, be on a very shortleash in order to maintain order and have deferrment from being immediately deported to Hell, who knows maybe in their borrowed time they'll repent, and if not well Absalom whom is equally as sinful might even still get their blood in the end of it all.
