Julie K. Brown and her explosive 2018 Miami Herald series, Perversion of Justice , blew the doors off the sweetheart deal with prosecutors that concealed the full extent of Jeffrey Epstein ‘s serial sex crimes. Brown doggedly tracked down 80 Epstein survivors not identified by name in court documents. Eight spoke with her. Four trusted her enough to go on the record, and on camera, shining a light for the first time on the heartbreaking human toll of the Palm Beach millionaire’s miserable world. Brown’s work had an undeniable impact. Eight months after it was published, Epstein was arrested in New York. A few days after that, Alex Acosta, the former U.S. Attorney in Florida, resigned as labor secretary. Acosta had overseen the extraordinary agreement that allowed Epstein to plead guilty to two state-level charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute, even though police had identified dozens of alleged victims younger than 18.…