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« Updated: U.S. health secretary: Everyone needs a plan for a flu pandemic / Photo | Today | Rain, then snow in weekend forecast » January 13, 2006Conn. high court upholds Kennedy kin's murder convictionSTAMFORD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously upheld Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder conviction today, more than 30 years after a killing that sparked decades of intrigue. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, was convicted in 2002 of bludgeoning his neighbor, Martha Moxley, to death with a golf club in 1975 in wealthy Greenwich. Skakel, who along with the victim was 15 at the time, is serving 20 years to life in prison. He appealed his conviction to the Connecticut Supreme Court last year, arguing among other things that the statute of limitations had expired when he was charged in 2000. -- Associated Press "We're of course very pleased," said Bridgeport State's Attorney Jonathan Benedict. "We felt it was a very clean trial. It's just a great relief to have this behind us." "Michael Skakel is innocent and he will fight his wrongful conviction and incarceration," Seeley said in a statement. -- Associated Press Posted by Andrea Panciera |
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