Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes has recently faced a deluge of criticism after the New York Times, following up on stories previously unearthed in smaller newspapers, detailed a number of cases in which he failed to aggressively investigate or prosecute allegations of sexual abuse of minors by members of the Orthodox Jewish community. In defending himself, Mr. Hynes was placed in the embarrassing position—given his job—of protesting that people didn't understand how difficult it was to make these cases when members of that community would engage in the sort of intimidation of victims and witnesses that was normally associated with the Mafia.
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