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Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former cop, Connecticut town
Read full article: Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former cop, Connecticut townKennedy cousin Michael Skakel is suing a police investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, more than five years after his murder conviction was overturned.
Kennedy cousin Skakel will not be retried in 1975 killing
Read full article: Kennedy cousin Skakel will not be retried in 1975 killingMichael Skakel, right, appears for his hearing at Stamford Superior Court, with his attorney Stephan Seeger, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. A Connecticut prosecutor says Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not face a second trial in the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley in Greenwich. Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedyโs widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of murder in 2002 and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Several other people, including Skakelโs brother Tommy Skakel who denied any role in the killing, have been mentioned as possible killers. On the night of the killing, Martha Moxley and other teens in the Belle Haven neighborhood were out doing pre-Halloween pranks and had visited the Skakel home, police said. Simpson murder case, published his own book, โMurder in Greenwich,โ which asserted Michael Skakel killed Moxley in a jealous rage after seeing Thomas Skakel kiss her.