Michael Skakel free:
The FIX was in. Money and power are above the law. Wonder how much the bribes cost his family?
>>The FIX was in. Money and power are above the law.
If this were true, he never would have been convicted or gotten out a LONG time ago. The Conn. Supreme Court denied his appeal in 2006. Had the fix been in, they or a lower court would have granted it. He was indicted by a one man grand jury (see if you can find that anywhere else); he was tried as an adult although he was 15; hell, the trial judge would have found him not guilty notwithstanding the verdict. I don’t know if he has that ability in Conn., but he could have made things very tough for the prosecution and instructed the jury as he wished.
I think it was actually the opposite: its virtually impossible to prove someone murdered someone 27 years after the murder occurred. He likely got convicted because the whole Kennedy privilege think took over for reasonable doubt.
I don’t know if he did it or not, but he deserved the presumption of innocence and a fair trial. I’m not sure he got either.