September 17, 2024court rulingcriminal justicejudicial accountabilityJusticeAccountabilityThe Epstein Files
Second Circuit upholds Ghislaine Maxwell conviction
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld Ghislaine Maxwell conviction in the federal Epstein case. The ruling rejected Maxwell arguments for undoing the conviction and kept her 20-year sentence in place, while leaving open a later request for Supreme Court review.