http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kennedy+cousin+Skakel+proclaims+innocence+parole+

[IanC]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kennedy+cousin+Skakel+proclaims+innocence+parole+hearing+over/7438845/story.html


Martha Moxley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mark Fuhrman's 1998 book Murder in Greenwich named Michael Skakel as the murderer and pointed out numerous mistakes the police had made in investigating the crime

I remember reading this book after the OJ trial. Fuhrman may have come off badly at the OJ trial but he was certainly a good detective.

 

[Bigfoot]

Well, I consider Mark Furhman a lying cheating hack who has no problem tampering with evidence or allowing those he works with to do so. ~shrug~

Nothing personal and thanks for the post.

 

[IanC]

Well, I consider Mark Furhman a lying cheating hack who has no problem tampering with evidence or allowing those he works with to do so. ~shrug~

Nothing personal and thanks for the post.

no problem. he may have caused one murderer to get off but he also got one caught that had been scott free for 25 years.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - he looks like a mafia don...

Kennedy relative's murder conviction reinstated
December 30, 2016 - Connecticut's top court reinstated Friday the murder conviction of a nephew of the slain Robert F. Kennedy over the beating death of a 15-year-old girl more than four decades ago.

In a 4-3 decision, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reject an appeal by Michael Skakel, a nephew to Kennedy through the late attorney general's widow Ethel. Defense attorney Hubert Santos did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Skakel was found guilty in 2002 of murdering Martha Moxley when both were just 15 years old in 1975.

Kennedy relative Michael Skakel, pictured in 2013, was found guilty in 2002 of murdering Martha Moxley when both were just 15 years old in 1975​

But Skakel was released in 2013 on $1.2 million bail after a judge granted him a new trial based on claims that he was inadequately represented by his attorney at the time. The Connecticut high court, however, concluded that Skakel's trial attorney "rendered constitutionally adequate representation." Moxley's body was found under a tree after a pre-Halloween party on the Skakel family's Belle Haven estate.

There were no witnesses to the murder and no hard forensic evidence. A golf club used in the murder was later traced to a set once owned by Skakel's late mother. The prosecution's case was based largely on the testimony of people who said they heard Skakel confess and boast that his famous family connections would prevent him from being brought to justice. The Skakel family spent years, and millions of dollars, appealing the guilty verdict.

Kennedy relative's murder conviction reinstated