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| '''Michael Skakel''', born ], ], is the convicted murderer of ]. He is |
'''Michael Skakel''', born ], ], is the convicted murderer of ]. He is an ] of the ]: Skakel's father is the brother of Sen. ]'s widow, ]. | ||
| Martha Moxley was found dead on October 31, 1975 on her family's property in ], after having been beaten with a ], a 6-iron. Initially, the murder remained unsolved. However, when ] was tried in 1991, information surfaced that he knew more about the Moxley case, resulting in further investigations. In 1993, ] published a ''A Season in Purgatory'' that implicated Skakel in the murder. ]'s book ''Murder in Greenwich'' named Skakel as the murderer in 1998. In a widely publicized trial, Skakel was convicted as the murderer on June 7, 2002, and received a sentence of 20 years to life. | Martha Moxley was found dead on October 31, 1975 on her family's property in ], after having been beaten with a ], a 6-iron. Initially, the murder remained unsolved. However, when ] was tried in 1991, information surfaced that he knew more about the Moxley case, resulting in further investigations. In 1993, ] published a ''A Season in Purgatory'' that implicated Skakel in the murder. ]'s book ''Murder in Greenwich'' named Skakel as the murderer in 1998. In a widely publicized trial, Skakel was convicted as the murderer on June 7, 2002, and received a sentence of 20 years to life. | ||
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Michael Skakel, born September 19, 1960, is the convicted murderer of Martha Moxley. He is an inlaw of the Kennedy family: Skakel's father is the brother of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel.
Martha Moxley was found dead on October 31, 1975 on her family's property in Greenwich, Connecticut, after having been beaten with a golf club, a 6-iron. Initially, the murder remained unsolved. However, when William Kennedy Smith was tried in 1991, information surfaced that he knew more about the Moxley case, resulting in further investigations. In 1993, Dominick Dunne published a A Season in Purgatory that implicated Skakel in the murder. Mark Fuhrman's book Murder in Greenwich named Skakel as the murderer in 1998. In a widely publicized trial, Skakel was convicted as the murderer on June 7, 2002, and received a sentence of 20 years to life.
Subsequently, there have been attempts to overturn the conviction. In November 2003, Skakel’s lawyers filed an appeal claiming that the trial should have gone to Juvenile Court, that the statute of limitations had expired, and that there was misconduct on part of the prosecution. These appeals were rejected by the Connecticut State Supreme Court on January 13, 2006. Also, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. conducts a running feud with Dominick Dunne about the case and maintains that Skakel is a victim of overaggressive prosecution.
References
- Fuhrmann, M. (1998). Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley?. ISBN 0060191414.