Michael Skakel
Appeal Trial Under Way For Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel
Michael Skakel argues that during the 2002 trial, attorney Michael Sherman failed to challenge the state’s star witness and obtain evidence pointing to other suspects, did a poor job with jury selection and closing arguments and didn’t hire enough investigators and expert consultants.
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.
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.
Michael Skakel Seeking Reduction Of Sentence In 1975 Killing
Skakel was convicted in 2002 of beating 15-year-old Martha Moxley to death with a golf club in wealthy Greenwich.
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