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Florida lawmaker known as a champion for child sexual abuse victims asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to authorize a state investigation into the circumstances of wealthy convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's freedom to leave jail on work release a decade ago.
Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book said in a letter Tuesday that the
Republican governor should authorize a Florida Department of Law Enforcement probe into how the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office handled the case.
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw announced last week that his office would internally investigate Epstein's time at the county jail, but Book said that's not enough.