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Kennedy cousin Skakel's new trial denied
Kennedy cousin Skakel's new trial denied
Michael Skakel
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Posted: 04/12/2010
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has lost his bid for a new trial in the 1975 killing of his 15-year-old neighbor in a wealthy Connecticut suburb.
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday upheld Skakel's murder conviction in a 4-1 decision.
Skakel is a nephew of Robert Kennedy's widow, Ethel. He once lived in Hobe Sound.
He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in 2002 for fatally beating Martha Moxley with a golf club when they were neighbors in Greenwich.
The 49-year-old Skakel had asked for a new trial after another man implicated his two friends in the killing. A judge turned that request down in 2007. Skakel then appealed to the high court.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday upheld Skakel's murder conviction in a 4-1 decision.
Skakel is a nephew of Robert Kennedy's widow, Ethel. He once lived in Hobe Sound.
He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in 2002 for fatally beating Martha Moxley with a golf club when they were neighbors in Greenwich.
The 49-year-old Skakel had asked for a new trial after another man implicated his two friends in the killing. A judge turned that request down in 2007. Skakel then appealed to the high court.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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