Posted on 01/07/2019 2:45:54 PM PST by sodpoodle
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel.
Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old who lived across the street from the Skakel family in Greenwich, Connecticut, and whose body was found in her familys backyard. Both Skakel and Moxley were 15 at the time of her death.
The high courts refusal to hear the case means that a 2018 decision by Connecticuts highest court throwing out Skakels conviction will stand. Connecticuts highest court based its decision on Skakels attorneys failure to seek out an additional alibi witness.
Though it would be difficult, the state could retry Skakel, who is a nephew of Robert F. Kennedys widow, Ethel Kennedy. The state has not said how it would proceed if the Supreme Court declined to intervene. Top Connecticut prosecutors said Monday they appreciated the Supreme Courts consideration of their request to hear the case, but declined further comment.
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CLASS ... those Kennedys.
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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.
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.
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lol
Mary Jo died for her country.
Yeah, but the golf club they found in the garage proves he was a shanker.
Once a shanker, always a shanker, until proven different.
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.
After the justice who wrote the majority opinion retired, Skakel asked that the decision be reconsidered, and the court reversed its decision.
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.
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.
Well dang
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.
He’ll wind up like Jaco Pastorius.
“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.
Furman did the leg work and reported the truth leading to Skakels trial.
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!
“...he was tried as an adult only because he wasnt 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.
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.
No. He brought a 9 iron.
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