In her appeal, Maxwell’s lawyers said prosecutors scapegoated her because Epstein was dead and “public outrage” demanded that prosecutors pin blame somewhere.
The lawyers also said the government waited too long to bring charges, and that Maxwell was immune under a 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and federal prosecutors in Florida.
In addition, Maxwell’s lawyers said the trial was tainted because one juror failed to disclose he had been sexually abused as a child.
Prosecutors believe the appeal is meritless.
Can you imagine the kind of lawyer willing to take this case?
The lawyer is probably a normal person who believes in their duty to force the government to present real evidence of a crime.
…is what’d I say if she were poor. But she’s got money, so she probably hired a true scumbag. Maybe she hired a fellow pedophile, like Dershowitz.
If only there were some kind of court appointed lawyer that could fulfill that role if everyone else refused.