“An Adult Who Made Her Own Choices”: Prosecutors Recommend at Least 30 Years in Prison for Ghislaine Maxwell

In a court filing on Wednesday, federal prosecutors made their case that Ghislaine Maxwell should receive a prison sentence that comports with the guidelines for the crimes of which she was convicted in December. A jury found the British heiress guilty of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors, and the government submitted a sentencing memo that recommended between 30 and 55 years in prison. Last week, Maxwell’s lawyers, in their own sentencing memo, asked for leniency: four to five years in prison. They made the case, as they had at trial, that she had been scapegoated for Epstein’s crimes…. Read Full Article