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Michael Skakel free: Supreme Court won’t hear case
The Mercury News/Associated Press ^ | 01/07/2019 | JESSICA GRESKO and DAVE COLLINS

Posted on 01/07/2019 2:45:54 PM PST by sodpoodle

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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Michael Skakel sitting in a tree .... playing with himself while peeping on the girl he had a crush on.

CLASS ... those Kennedys.

/S

21 posted on 01/07/2019 3:01:33 PM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: sodpoodle
The cops found his freaking --how do I put this politely?-- DNA at the scene..!

His alibi:

"I was up in a tree, peering through her window, M*STURBATING".

No, I'm serious.

Sounds like an alibi only a Kennedy would have, right..?

And he said that cuz he and his lawyer knew the cops had his, uh, DNA, so he'd have to account for it.

22 posted on 01/07/2019 3:01:35 PM PST by gaijin
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To: for-q-clinton

Agree. I am always amazed when people kill someone and then are given LESS than a Life Sentence.

I do know two men (NOT related to me!) who killed others in flat-out accidents; no drugs or booze involved, and they both got about 10 years apiece.

But, we’re talking about a privileged youth from a VERY wealthy family who probably saw nothing wrong with killing someone to cover up his rape of her, or her UNWILLINGNESS to give him what he wanted.

Different story/circumstance IMHO.


23 posted on 01/07/2019 3:01:54 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Calvin Locke
Just a golf glove, I think.

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lol

24 posted on 01/07/2019 3:02:25 PM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mary Jo died for her country.


25 posted on 01/07/2019 3:02:34 PM PST by Maceman (We need a temporary ban on Muslims just until churches and synagogues can be built in Mecca.)
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To: for-q-clinton

Yeah, but the golf club they found in the garage proves he was a shanker.

Once a shanker, always a shanker, until proven different.


26 posted on 01/07/2019 3:02:57 PM PST by Balata
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I saw that movie a few weeks ago. I found it chilling as well. And he got away with it but God is the ultimate judge.


27 posted on 01/07/2019 3:04:47 PM PST by hsmomx3
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To: sodpoodle
Connecticut’s Supreme Court reinstated Skakel’s conviction in December 2016, ruling 4-3 that Skakel was adequately represented. That decision didn’t last.

After the justice who wrote the majority opinion retired, Skakel asked that the decision be reconsidered, and the court reversed its decision.

28 posted on 01/07/2019 3:05:14 PM PST by plain talk
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That Democrats don’t care about Chappaquiddick, and reelected the person responsible over and over - for life, tells you everything you need to know about the ‘honor’ and motivations of liberals.


29 posted on 01/07/2019 3:05:35 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: sodpoodle
A few years ago I attended the hearings in which Skakel was requesting a new trial.It was only a 2 hour drive from me and I wasn't working at the time.

I was sitting about 30 feet from Skakel when he claimed,under oath,that "two black guys" killed her,that their new live in "tutor" killed her,and that *his own brother* killed her.

I did get to talk to Dorthy Moxley for a minute of two...the nicest lady you could ever meet.

Well,another Kennedy skates.He did some time (about 10 years) but he didn't do *nearly* enough.A lot like OJ when you think of it.

30 posted on 01/07/2019 3:06:08 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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31 posted on 01/07/2019 3:06:09 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: billorites

Well dang


32 posted on 01/07/2019 3:06:55 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: sodpoodle

I’ve been to the murder scene, in the late 1970’s. Not just gated, guarded community with one access road.

Had to be someone living on this little peninsula in Long Island Sound.

Michael liked her, but she made out with his brother.

She was killed with a golf club from the Skakel’s yard. Had to be someone in a very small area. Too bad you can’t haul all of the residents in for questioning.


33 posted on 01/07/2019 3:09:53 PM PST by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

He’ll wind up like Jaco Pastorius.


34 posted on 01/07/2019 3:12:17 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: NobleFree

“Failed to SEEK OUT? “

Same question here.

I guess from now on every defense atty in the country will “fail to seek out” for their more difficult to defend clients with the goal of getting their case overturned in appeal.


35 posted on 01/07/2019 3:13:17 PM PST by fruser1
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To: sodpoodle
Both 15. Her father died shortly thereafter as this broke his heart. He was in his early 50’s. Bottom line: The Greenwich police stood down. It was Domenic Dunne’s fictionalized account of the murder which ultimately caught the attention of former LA detective Mark Furman.

Furman did the leg work and reported the truth leading to Skakel’s trial.

36 posted on 01/07/2019 3:16:38 PM PST by masadaman
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To: NobleFree
Connecticut’s highest court based its decision on Skakel’s attorney’s failure to seek out an additional alibi witness.

He had the best legal team money could buy and his conviction is thrown out because he supposedly had incompetent representation?! This is clear proof that the US judicial system is entirely corrupt to its core, and we can all see that this now includes even the Supreme Court!

37 posted on 01/07/2019 3:34:50 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: Alberta's Child

“...he was tried as an adult only because he wasn’t arrested for the crime at the age of 15.”

I learned to hate the Kennedy clan at my mother’s knee (literally), but that was just a complete miscarriage of Justice. We screwed up, so you get punished more? A complete disgrace, and I’m astonished it was left to stand.


38 posted on 01/07/2019 3:51:10 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I guess now his only choice is to run for office! *SPIT*

I heard the Dems are looking for a white man to run for President in 2020. Oh wait, no, they have creepy Joe. Never mind.

39 posted on 01/07/2019 3:53:09 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: laconic
Did Skakel wear a neck brace to his trial?

No. He brought a 9 iron.

40 posted on 01/07/2019 3:55:11 PM PST by ladyjane
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