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Michael Skakel (file / credit: Beth Keiser-Pool/Getty Images)

Lawyer For Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Working To Get Conviction Tossed

Skakel, who has lost a series of appeals over the years and a bid for parole last year, is hoping to get out of prison through a writ of habeas corpus arguing he was deprived of his constitutional right to effective legal representation when Michael Sherman was his attorney.

2013/04/14

FILE - Michael Skakel is escorted out of Norwalk Superior Court after being sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley August 29, 2002 in Norwalk, Connecticut. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Denied Parole In 1975 Killing Of Martha Moxley

A Connecticut parole board rejected Skakel’s request following a two-hour hearing Wednesday in which he proclaimed he is innocent.

2012/10/24

Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel To Face Parole Board For First Time

Moxley’s mother and relatives will reportedly be at the parole hearing in Suffield to fight against Skakel’s release.

2012/10/21

Ethel Kennedy Approves Of Taylor Swift Dating Conor Kennedy

During a TV press event this week, Ethel Kennedy spoke her approval of Taylor Swift, who appears to be dating–or at least getting cozy with–her grandson, Conor Kennedy.

2012/08/02