Ghislaine Maxwell guilty in sex-trafficking case

Ghislaine Maxwell.
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British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday on sex-trafficking charges.

Maxwell was found guilty on five of six counts, and each charge carries a prison term of between five and 40 years in prison. It took a New York jury five days of deliberation before reaching the verdict.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.