Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of crimes related to procuring underage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, filed a petition on Wednesday seeking to vacate her conviction.
Maxwell’s long-shot habeas petition in Manhattan federal court could, if approved, see her released from a prison where she is serving a 20-year sentence.
However, such petitions are routinely denied.
The Supreme Court earlier this year declined to hear Maxwell’s appeal of her conviction.
The petition comes two days before a congressionally mandated deadline for the Department of Justice to release its investigative files about Epstein and Maxwell.
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