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Michael Skakel, also aged 15 at the time, was convicted in 2002 of murdering Moxley and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. In 2013, Skakel was granted a new trial by a Connecticut judge who ruled that his counsel had been inadequate, and he was released on $1.2 million bail.
Michael Skakel is an American man who has been convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl named Martha Moxley. The murder took place in 1975, when both Martha and Michael were 15. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Rushton and Anne Reynolds Skakel. He grew up with six other siblings.
Where is Michael Skakel Now? After a series of appeals, a new trial was granted for Michael in 2013, as a judge ruled that his trial attorney did not provide effective counsel. While the conviction was reinstated in 2016, the Connecticut Supreme court overturned it in May 2018.
Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, whose murder conviction in the 1970s killing of a teenager in Connecticut was overturned, is suing the lead police investigator in the case and the town of...
A jury first convicted Michael Skakel of Martha Moxley’s murder in June 2002. He received a 20-year prison setence in August. But a Connecticut judge ordered a new trial for him in October 2013...
The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction of Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedys, in the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley, rejecting his appeal of a 2002 ruling that found...
Connecticut prosecutors are closing the door on the 45-year-old murder case involving Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was previously accused of bludgeoning to death his 15-year-old neighbor...