Update: Ghislaine Maxwell has requested a retrial following her conviction for crimes including sex trafficking of a minor . The request was made Thursday by a lawyer who requested…
(Newser) – Update: Ghislaine Maxwell has requested a retrial following her conviction for crimes including sex trafficking of a minor. The request was made Thursday by a lawyer who requested that all submissions related to „Juror No.50 remain under seal until the court rules,“ per the CBC. Two jurors told the media that their own accounts of childhood sexual abuse influenced other jurors. The Supreme Court has held that jury deliberations can’t factor into verdict challenges, per the New York Times. However, experts say the verdict could be successfully challenged if jurors were found to have intentionally lied on a questionnaire asking if they’d been a victim of sexual misconduct, and if yes, whether that might make them biased. Our original story from Jan.6 follows: Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking conviction is barely a week old and it is already starting to look shaky thanks to jurors‘ remarks to the press.
