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Martin Bell Quoted in The New York Times on Prosecution Strategy in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

01.03.22

Martin Bell, Litigation Partner and former federal prosecutor, was quoted in The New York Times, in an article which examined the prosecution’s approach to and the outcome of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in the SDNY. Martin explained that the prosecution used a more narrowly-focused strategy to keep the jury centered on the facts in this case in particular, rather than entertain the press and public’s want for new details related to the surrounding scandal. “The goal is not to put on a show and answer the press or public’s lingering questions about this or that,” he said. 

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