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Skakel, who has always maintained his innocence, was back in court this week arguing for a shorter sentence for his 2002 conviction in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley. According to the Hartford Courant, Skakel told a panel of judges that he has passed...
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A lawyer for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel told a panel of Connecticut judges Tuesday that his client's 20-years-to-life prison sentence for killing his teen neighbor in 1975 was excessive. Skakel, who was convicted in 2002 of beating 15-year-old...
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Michael Skakel looks up while listening to a statement from John Moxley, brother of victim Martha Moxley in court in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his... View Photo »
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Skakel, who was convicted in 2002 of beating 15-year-old Martha Moxley to death with a golf club in wealthy Greenwich, also addressed the court, saying, "I didn't commit this crime." Skakel's lawyer told a three-judge panel that Skakel was 15 at the...
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Skakel's attorneys argued in court Monday that their client was convicted of committing the murder at age 15 — and if he had been tried in juvenile court he would have received a maximum four-year sentence. Martha Moxley's mother Dorthy, along with...
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The Connecticut Supreme Court is planning to release its ruling Monday, April 12, 2010, on Skakel's appeal of his conviction in the 1975 slaying. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File) MIDDLETOWN — A lawyer for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel told a panel of...
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John Moxley, brother of Martha Moxley addresses the court during a sentencing review hearing for Michael Skakel in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his... View Photo »
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Skakel's lawyer, Hubert Santos, argued in Middletown Superior Court that the sentence Skakel received after his 2002 murder conviction in the beating death of Martha Moxley when the two were teen neighbors in wealthy Greenwich was excessive. Santos...
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Conn. , Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Connecticut lawyers argued Tuesday for a reduction in the 20-year prison sentence of convicted killer Michael Skakel , a nephew of Ethel Kennedy. Skakel, 51, was convicted in 2002 of the murder of Martha Moxley in 1975, when...
About Martha Moxley
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Martha Elizabeth Moxley (August 16, 1960 – October 30, 1975) was a fifteen-year-old murder victim in a case that attracted worldwide publicity. Full Article
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Dorthy Moxley, mother of Martha Moxley, right, is embraced by a friend outside court after a sentence review hearing for Michael Skakel in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor...
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Dorthy Moxley, mother of Martha Moxley, right, looks back while her son John speaks to the media outside court after a sentence review hearing for Michael Skakel in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison...
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Michael Skakel looks up while listening to a statement from John Moxley, brother of victim Martha Moxley in court in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor Martha Moxley.
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Michael Skakel addresses the court in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor Martha Moxley.
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Michael Skakel, right, is shown to his seat by a judicial marshal, left, in court in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor Martha Moxley.
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Michael Skakel, left, addresses the court with attorney his Hubert Santos in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor Martha Moxley.
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Michael Skakel, left, is hushed by his attorney Hubert Santos, right, after speaking out of turn in court in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor Martha Moxley.
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Dorthy Moxley, mother of Martha Moxley, right, is embraced by a friend outside court after a sentence review hearing for Michael Skakel in Middletown, Conn. , Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Skakel is seeking a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for killing his neighbor...
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