Politics & Government
Kennedy Cousin's Murder Conviction Reinstated
The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that had previously freed Michael Skakel.
GREENWICH, CT — The Connecticut Supreme Court reinstated the murder conviction of Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedy family, on Friday, the Associated Press reports.
Skakel was convicted in the 1975 murder of neighbor Martha Moxley, 15, in 2002. A golf club was used to bludgeon Moxley to death in the Belle Haven section of Greenwich on Halloween Eve when both were 15 years old.
A Superior Court judge ruled in 2013 that the trial was tainted by ineffective lawyers. Skakel has been free on a $1.2 million bond since winning that trial.
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The Supreme Court reversed the ruling in a 4-3 decision Friday.
Skakel is the nephew of Robert Kennedy's widow Ethel.
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Reporting by Rich Scinto (Patch Staff)
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