It has been over three years since Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to two decades in prison for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.

Yet in a bombshell twist, Epstein's former girlfriend is now asking that the Supreme Court overturn her conviction. 

Maxwell points to no-prosecution agreement which Epstein reached in 2007

That fact was discussed earlier this week in a post put up by Jordan Rubin, a former prosecutor and current writer for MSNBC's "Deadline: Legal Blog."

Rubin noted how the "issue is whether a promise on behalf of the 'United States' or the 'Government' that's made by a U.S. attorney in one district binds federal prosecutors in other districts."

This is relevant as in April Maxwell submitted a plea to America's highest judicial body in which she pointed to the 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) that federal prosecutors in Florida reached with Epstein.

She pointed out that under its terms, Epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution charges which had been brought by the state of Florida.

Lower courts have thus far rejected Maxwell's arguments

In exchange "the United States agreed not to prosecute Epstein in the Southern District of Florida" as well as "not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein."

Rubin observed that Maxwell's claim of being protected by Epstein's 2007 agreement has thus far been rejected by lower courts.

A three-judge panel with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled last year that such agreements only bind prosecutors in the federal districts where they are made.

It thus concluded that there is "nothing in the NPA that affirmatively shows that the NPA was intended to bind multiple districts."

DOJ asks that grand jury material relating to Epstein and Maxwell be unsealed

Maxwell's Supreme Court appeal is not the only reason that her name has made headlines recently, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked late last week that grand jury material from her case be made public.

As Breitbart reported, that request came in the form of a motion which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

What's more, the deputy attorney general also asked that additional grand jury testimony from Epstein's case also be unsealed.

"At the direction of the Attorney General, the Department of Justice hereby moves the Court to release grand jury transcripts associated with the above referenced indictment," Blanche's motion read.