article_snippet.sent: Rabbi Epstein still firmly believes that Rabbi Epstein was protecting women's rights and was protecting the agunahs and the families," said Robert Stahl, the lawyer for Rabbi Epstein.
article_snippet.sent: Epstein's son, David Epstein, was acquitted on Tuesday of kidnapping charges.
article_snippet.sent: The jury returned not guilty verdicts on the attempted kidnapping charges against Mendel Epstein, and on more severe kidnapping charges against the three rabbis.
article_snippet.sent: Henry Mazurek, the lawyer for David Epstein, said David Epstein was grateful for The jury's decision but called David Epstein client's acquittals "bittersweet" next to David Epstein father's conviction.
article_snippet.sent: David Epstein really believes that (David Epstein father) was a champion of someone who was voiceless in his father) religion," Mazurek said.