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Not as often as it should for sexual offenders, though.
Organised crime gangs (which I guess Epstein and Maxwell counted as) tend to be pretty good at staying out of trouble as well.
The company that publishes the Enquirer admitted in late 2018 that it helped broker "catch and kill" deals with Daniels and other women, in which it paid the women hush money for their stories, effectively silencing them ahead of the 2016 election. >

Which was a waste of money because his idiot voters wouldn’t have gave a shit either way. >

Not only would they not care, they'd turn these women into the top-searched pornstars of the year. 
That hush money is probably nothing in comparison to the business they lost. >

Well, right behind “chicks with dicks”. >

Yes! >

Ah yes, Individual 1. Never made sense how Michael Cohen went to jail for this scheme but Individual 1 walked away scot-free. >

Same reason Maxwell went to prison for sex trafficking but none of her clients did. >

Kind of, but there's a bit more to it than that.
With the hush money payments the main problem was that a corrupt Attorney General went to great lengths to shut down any investigation, and having prosecuted the main witness who might co-operate it becomes a bit tricky to use their testimony.
With Maxwell and Epstein, part of the problem was the non-prosecution agreement signed by then US Attorney and later Trump Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, which purported to give immunity from Federal prosecution to any of Epstein's co-conspirators pre-2008, in exchange for Epstein pleading guilty to some lesser charges.
But it is probably also a case of them being good at what they did, and not having proof or records of any of their clients. Without an actual client list, and someone to testify to its authenticity, there isn't much to go on. Especially not with sexual offences, which are already very difficult to prosecute. Throw in unknown and/or uncooperative victims (particularly those who were complicit in other crimes), a main witness (Maxwell) who even if cooperative is not likely to be much use before a jury, and it becomes very difficult to pursue any sort of charges. >

Know what happens to the normal folks?  Prison sentences.  Often life long.  And near instantly.