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Kennedy Cousin Appeals His Murder Conviction

From Times Wire Reports

Attorneys for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel filed an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction in the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor.

Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, was convicted in 2002 of beating Martha Moxley to death with a golf club in Greenwich when they were both 15. Skakel, 43, is serving a prison sentence of 20 years to life.

The appeal filed in state Superior Court in Hartford argues that prosecutors engaged in pervasive misconduct, including falsely claiming a powerful family cover-up.

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