Maxwell's family says ‘government misconduct' could overturn Epstein sex trafficking conviction
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The 63-year-old was found guilty in December 2021 of luring young girls to massage rooms for paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest between 1994 and 2004.
She was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the federal court in the southern district of New York (SDNY) in June 2022.
The US government has faced a backlash from President Donald Trump's support base following words from Attorney General Pam Bondi that there was no evidence Epstein had a 'client list'.
Maxwell's family have frequently claimed she 'did not receive a fair trial,' but legal appeals against her sex trafficking convictions have been rejected by the courts.
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Judges previously dismissed her lawyers' arguments that she 'should never have been prosecuted' because of a 'weird' agreement drafted more than 15 years ago – concluding that the Florida agreement 'does not bind' the United States Attorney's Office for the SDNY.
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