March 06, 2012
Court Rejects Skakel's Sentence Reduction
A three-judge Connecticut Superior Court panel has rejected an appeal by Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to reduce his 20-years-to-life sentence for the beating death of Martha Moxley in 1975. The panel ruled that his original sentence was not inappropriate or disproportionate for the murder of his 15-year-old neighbor in Greenwich. Skakel's attorneys argued that he should have been tried and sentenced as a juvenile. Read more...
